The future of stock travel?

... the future of stock travel in the backcountry? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bwa8m8VwhWU

If I heard that buzzing noise coming up the trail towards me I would wait behind a tree and drop kick it off of a cliff. 

Then again it would be my luck that it would move out of the way when I tried. 

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Thanks, now that sound is stuck in my head.

Haha, yeah, sorry.  I guess they'd need to fine tune the approach before going into "production" :).

I thought it was some type of weed eater for a minute. 

That thing, impressive as it is, gives me the creeps. Glad I won't be alive in 60 years. I don't think I'd like the world too much the way it's going. How many pack animals could they have raised with the money they've spent on development so far? Plus it's a defense company, so a good chance it's tax dollars. #%&!

If I heard that buzzing noise I would run.  It sounds like a large irritated swarm of bees.

if it's a defense contractor, chances are that sucker will be toting a 7.62 mm machine gun someday.  kind of tilts the balance if you are in a dispute over the most appealing tent site. 

add a rocket-propelled grenade to your gear list so you can dispatch the annoying mechanical insect. 

:)

If its for defense its not very quiet lol. I wonder if it is powered by Stihl, or Husqvarna.

Hmmmm...

no doggy bags needed

That... is... just... creepy.

There is now a newer model.  I think this version is going to be much better on the trail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc&feature=fvsr

LOL, but they didn't solve noise issue :)

Cool stuff.

I like the idea of loading my 400 lb. pack on it.  Fear I would shoot it due to the relentless BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ tho!

As for the newer model.....LOL! ....What a couple of idiots!

Real creepy.  I was in the AF for 22 years and saw some creepy stuff but I had to sign one of the non-disclosure statements which is in effect for 75 years.  The buzzing will eliminated when they start using this thing for military use.  I'm betting on a small nuclear driven core to power it.  Like that movie, "The Red Planet".  It did look funny walking on the ice though.  I look like that sometimes if you imagine trekking poles as legs!  Weaponize it, put some artificial intelligence in that and they will have a hunter/seeker they could use in urban warfare when there aren't enough soldiers to go around.

I am not sure that the newer model could carry 400lbs.  

Seemed to have some loose attachments (limbs ?)

A Defense Department R&D project?  Probably potty trained to use that $600 Air Force toilet seat.  Military Intelligence; it all makes sense now...  They need to move the Pentagon out of Washington, the location seems to affect one's thinking.

Ed

Speaking of stock travel ... a hotly debated issue in the Sierra ...

http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/04/27/2816302/law-would-revive-horse-packing.html

Has anyone ever heard of Metal Gear?!

You would have no bear problems with the noise that this thing makes

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