Boston Dynamics' latest quadruped, the LS3, aims to carry 400 pounds of materiel over 20 miles of rough terrain.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Feral hogs, considered an "outlaw quadruped, " will largely catch a break.

CNN: Wildlife rush for high ground in flood areas

Gastronomic orthodoxy has been in flux ever since Homo sapiens began to exercise choices about how to feed his appetites, instead of simply tucking into the first quadruped that came within range.

ECONOMIST: Food in history

Barcelona's Mobile World Congress may have formed the backbone for this week's news but there was also notable news elsewhere -- like the fact that Boston Dynamics' upgraded quadruped robot can now throw cinder blocks.

ENGADGET: The After Math: Cinder block-chucking robots, Barcelona's mobile bonanza and brain doctors

The 70 kilogram, one meter long, aluminum quadruped might not look like much, but it can run, jump and rear on its back legs and signals major inroads in the effort to creating robots that can save human lives.

FORBES: In Italy A Quadruped Robot Takes First Steps