BigDog can now throw shit like it’s nobody’s business

As if Boston Dynamics ’s automatic large number mulewasn’t terrifying enough , its designers have , in their infinite soundness , fit out it with a throwing arm . But not just any kind of throwing arm . This thing ’s a total shank — one that would make Peyton Manning overjealous . Check out the video and watch BigDog toss a cinder block across the room like it was a Nerf football .

We ’re not entirely sure why a mechanical pack mule needs to be capable to hurl stuff . But hey , Boston Dynamics is doing its damnest to assure the most bloodcurdling robopocalypse potential .

Update : An earlier translation of this article note that DARPA was involved with this add - on , which is n’t the case . Rather , it ’s U.S. Army Research Laboratory .