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.”  More