[Jochen Alt] is on a roll. We just covered his ball-balancing robot, Paul, only to find his phenomenal six-DOF robot arm in full retro style. Its name is “Walter” and it’s done up in DDR ...

To that end, Rise Robotics is using a novel assortment of belts and pulleys it calls “Beltdraulic” technology (those rods and arms are called “BeltCylinders” now, too, by the way).

Its tow arms allow it to flip over and manipulate ... Only time will tell if the battlefield of the future might be crawling with robots, drones, and more. The one thing that remains the same ...