The Marines have decided that they will not go forward with plans to use a robotic pack mule “Big Dog.” It’s best known from creepy videos of it mincing delicately through the wilderness like a ballerina.

Officials became concerned about its tendency – just like all Robots – toward treachery.

Hope Hodge Seck writing for Military.com

“They took it as it was: a loud robot that’s going to give away their position.”