IRL exoskeloten!

[psychopompos]

Niiicccee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFXEFPco8l8

i want one

[pettman]

Where do you buy one? *starts saving money*

[ratarf]

wow that's awesome!

[doom3r]

I've already seen that vid. The exoskeleton is awesome but it looks like it still needs external energy supply, many years will pass until sarcos will be able to make it "wireless" (xD), with a decent autonomy time.

[Rman Virgil]

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* Sarcos is a D.A.R.P.A. sub-contractor and most of their work on the EXO is classified... so it you're privy and go public with it you could stand trial for treason. Their development timetable would fall in that classified category.

* HOWEVER.....

*Sarcos is NOT the only "game" in town...


* Along these lines there is a fella by the name of Monty Reed (yes, this is for real - that is "Reed" as in Dr. Reed) who has created an EXO with off-the-shelf parts which he calls a "Lifesuit" and an organization called "They Shall Walk Again"to help paraplegics. He was inspired by Robert Heinlein's SciFi novel "Starship Troopers" (one of my favs too)... & this puppy is non-military and so can be purchased by anyone when it hits the marketplace.

* You can check-out his web site HERE... it's under re-construction.... some stuff is not up yet... but this is legit... I checked him out 6 months ago... it is bonafide.

- RV

[Verminus]

I thought the US military decided EXOs were far too expensive and they were better off just training more men?

[Rman Virgil]

I thought the US military decided EXOs were far too expensive and they were better off just training more men?

US army develops robotic suits

By Rajesh Mirchandani

BBC News, Utah

Wednesday, 16 April 2008 23:30 UK

On the big screen, films like Robocop, Universal Soldier and forthcoming release Iron Man show man-machines with superhuman powers. But in Utah they are turning science fiction into reality.

We are at a research facility on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, ringed by beautiful snow-capped mountains. Once they held the Winter Olympics here; now they are testing endurance in other ways.

The aluminium limbs gleam in the brilliant sunshine, as the strange metal skeleton hangs from a safety harness at the outdoor testing site. It seems to be treading water; actually its programme is telling it to keep the hydraulic fluid in its joints moving.

Rex Jameson, a software engineer here at laboratories run by Sarcos, the robotics firm which designed the XOS exoskeleton, steps up and into the suit.
Stephen Jacobsen, Sarcos

The lightweight aluminium exoskeleton, called XOS, senses Rex's every move and instantly moves with him; it is almost like a shadow or a second skin. It is designed for agility that can match a human's, but with strength and endurance that far outweigh our abilities.

With the exoskeleton on and fully powered up, Rex can easily pull down weight of more than 90 kilos, more than he weighs.

For the army the XOS could mean quicker supply lines, or fewer injuries when soldiers need to lift heavy weights or move objects around repeatedly. Initial models would be used as workhorses, on the logistics side.

Later models, the army hopes, could go into combat, carrying heavier weapons, or even wounded colleagues.


There are still problems to solve, not least how to create a mobile power supply that can last an effective length of time.

But the US military expects to take delivery of these early prototypes next year, and hopefully deploy some refined versions within eight years.

It is a long way off before we see robot soldiers that can fly or fire missiles - like in the movies - but the designers are already imagining future versions more reminiscent of Hollywood.

[Rman Virgil]

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* And Sarcos needs to get with Yves aka "Jetman-Fusionman" in Switzerland because he's already proved the "Flying" feasibility...

* Here's his Swiss Web site: http://www.jet-man.com/prod/index.html

* Plus Youtube has a 6min Vid of his flight last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dST-a5IU_h4

* Oh yea.... and the heck with Pumpkin's silly Jump Borgs... we're going straight for "Flying Borgs".... that's the real "bomb".

- RV

[psychopompos]

* Oh yea.... and the heck with Pumpkin's silly Jump Borgs... we're going straight for "Flying Borgs".... that's the real "bomb".

para-drops from borg transports

[NucNut]

Throw in a Uber-Hitech helmet, several layers of BERP (Ballistic Electro-Reactive Process - Pronounced 'Burp'), compressed-air jet boots and a hand-held electromagnetic railgun capable of slicing the rotor off a Mi-24 at 8km - And ill DEFINITELY Buy one

Note: See The Tin Man (and the later books) by Dale Brown for more info. 

[Spaceman]

Is this what your looking for NucNut?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqa08UGZGtk