I find it really easy to imagine a dozen of these things, each armoured and with a light machine gun or grenade launcher in a turret on its back, jumping out the back of a 2,5 ton Army truck and assaulting an enemy position or patrolling a village.

If they want to make a recon bot, that would also take the higly dangerious role of being the man leading a patrol, they should mount a visual sensor package higher in a sort of head. In fact, it would be desirable to give it a centaurus form, looking like a man from the front. In this way, ennemies could believe it is a normal soldier part of teh patrol and not a recon bot.

Incredible. I hope they use them for peaceful purposes.

Don't kick my dog! Wow, this generation of prototype this nimble. A soldiers best friend, I'll take the German Shepard version.

Take it a step further and dress it up to simulate an animal, perhaps a small horse, cow or goat depending on the local it's intended to infiltrate, observe, perhaps leave a steaming pile of explosives behind..

I have a major problem with this. (terminator &such)

You can tell the evolutionary step. They must have taken a few learnings from the Cheetah. It also seems to handle different gradients better then big dog did. Happy days !

Pretty soon we'll have AMEE (from the Red Planet movie) It will be a cross between a German Shepard and a Green Beret. Would have loved to have had something like this on patrols during Desert Storm.
It would be great if they offered something like this for guarding your home. No picking up poop in bags, no fleas, no shots, and no crazy expensive vet bills. Just swap out batteries like a drill.

forget drone based home delivery systems - it'll be these dogs that start delivering your shopping. Can see a fleet of these things being run out of each Domino's - cheaper than paying a student to ride a moped.

Remarkable, and much more stable than a biped machine. I'm ok about using this tech for personal or scientific purposes (on the moon or mars--- space exploration), than if it becomes just another war gadget.