"There will no doubt be a certain number of old-school purists who'd suggest simply having less stuff. "

Wheres the fun, and pork, in that?

I'd suggest using two Honda Asimos carrying the stuff between them like a sedan chair, or a pack of Sony AIBOs pulling a sledge.

With a bit of luck I'll never again have to listen in the pub to the "how we were taught in basic training to wipe our arses using only a bus ticket"* story, replete with nausea-inducing detail, now that the military can carry bog roll with them in the field.

*Presumably the introduction of the Oyster card went down rather badly with the army's logistics corp.

How about a self-healing, danger-avoiding, stereoscopically visioned, audio controlled, hay-powered version, i.e. a REAL mule to do the carrying?

Paris coz she's capable of holding heavy saddlebags

Can you picture a passenger version of that thing

robohorse lives!

It's already here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc

How about a cart?

Pull the thing you lazy twats, you can take it in turns.

If not, better make the that the AT-AT. If I can't carry all my stuff with that I'm going home.

I agree, here they are overthinking the problem yet again. No wonder we can't find Osama, it is because his army IS using carts and mules.... forget spending billions of dollars on high tech.

Nothing beats giving a mule a swift kick in the behind to get him up and over that hill.