
The Army is beginning work on a second generation robot prototype able to detect obstacles and run at human speed, with plans to field capabilities to pair with soldiers within 20 to 30 years, an official said Thursday.Jason Pusey, an Army Research Laboratory (ARL) mechanical engineer, told attendees at a National Defense Industrial Association event that the Army is looking to build lighter legged robots that are to roam tactical situations and feed data back to soldiers.“This is at least…