The latest issue of Popular Mechanics has a great article on the Lockheed Martin MULE robot which is currently in development. The MULE is an impressive 2.5 ton unmanned ground vehicle with six wheels each independently powered with in hub motors - providing tremendous resilience to damage. Interestingly it is currently driven using a standard XBox 360 controller! There are at least two Pentium III computers in there (which seem rather dated!!) And I love Erik Sofge closing remarks regarding...