Let's get these suckers some ROBOTS.
Here, robots, you take over---the Air Force is pooped. They've been hauling the military's stuff all over the place for decades, and in their weary dreams, they see a cargo pallet---those platforms upon which everything from bricks to heavy machinery is packed and shipped---that can trundle around on its own, take orders from remote humans, maneuver in tight spaces, and play nicely with other equipment the Air Forces uses for shipping. And they're determined to make that dream a reality. The Air Force recently hired two companies to come up with these magic pallets. HSTAR Technologies is working on a platform that can talk to a central dispatcher and is endowed with omnidirectional wheels for spinning around in close quarters. Presumably they will be applying their lifting expertise---they develop robots that appear to be designed for helping medical personnel lift and move patients, though ...
