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Military Super Suit Exoskeleton
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It has always been a goal to improve our military strength and skill over our soldiers. DARPA has been at the fore-front of technology that is taking this to a new level. A robotic exoskeleton that would let GIs run faster, leap further and carry more is starting to materialize and become reality. A very practical and ambitious idea that is allowing many more options for our military.
According to DARPA, the exoskeletons will be delivered for Army testing in 2008. After 14 companies and universities initially (circa 2001) came up with different designs, they have selected the firm that will build the beast: Sarcos of Salt Lake City in Utah, US.
Sarcos has come up with a system that uses just one engine instead of lots of them. The engine, and a tank containing a 24-hour supply of fuel, will be slung ‘beneath your rear end’ says Main. The engine (a turbine, two-stroke or four stroke - they haven’t decided yet) will then drive hydraulic fluid via high pressure lines to servo valves on each joint, amplifying the force used to move each limb when the wearer’s motion is sensed.
“It makes you feel really, really strong. You get the sensation that you have a lot of strength. I sort of felt like The Hulk and I’m a skinny guy. I wore a 100-pound weight on my back and it felt I was carrying nothing like that amount,”
In 2006, Engineers in Japan were perfecting a wearable power suit that amplifies human strength to help lift hospital patients or heavy objects. It was driven by portable batteries, micro air pumps and small body sensors that pick up even the slightest muscle twitch. Lead by project researcher Hirokazu Noborisaka, the Stand-Alone Wearable Power Assist Suit was designed to help nursing home workers lift patients of up to 180 pounds while cutting the amount of strength required in half.
However, that suit needed to be more flexible for easier movement and protective cover that shrouds the suit’s sensitive or sharp areas.
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February 16th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
seems cool but will it work. if you get wrong it could coast lives inclouding your own. but it seems low tech dosn’ it and why poast it online so enemies can see it
February 27th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
include this…
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hey i would love to be like the ginni pig i would love to try this i would do any thing its cool i will hopefully get to try it i m joining the army soon so plzzzz let me try it
May 24th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
it seems very plausible to make that kind of suit but question is it going have nanotechnology attached cause the only way i could think a suit like that could work is if it was attached with some sortof nanites with sensory that was able to read the movments of the body so when u would grab or punch sumthing the sensor would immediatly react with your own mucles and use that extra electronic pulse to enhance it to an extreme. and what would the effects be on the body while wearing it i mean even with the extra strenth how is it the bones in the body wont shatter and the electronic pulse that would enhance your strenth could overuse the mucles or fry the nerves somehow right??? would it be like a serious exoskeliton or like a rubbryglove material all around the body like a latex suit?? and would it only be 4 the millitary or could u buy it with the right ammount of money. i love the idea of it and it seems possible very possible im jus kinda worried about the effects on it on the human body i would love to try this suit if its 4 the millitary is it gunna have camoflage on it ……last question how would u go about making this mabye i could build one =}.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:56 am
That is amazing wonder if itll ever be as good as the Halo guys suit But will every one in the military use it or will only elites use it, and what about testing
May 27th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Maybe you should try to put some sort of sturdy and durably gel/foam that can keep you body and bones from being hurt from large impacts like long falls etc. Will the face mask glass be bullet proof and one way glass.
Also will the suite have homing beacons, and also i dont understand the nanos that can heal the soldier?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:09 am
That Aero Gel would be a perfect material to incorporate. It could help dissipate heat and increase strength while not adding weight to the suit.
I am sure the suits will be GPS and have a remote tech monitoring the suit/soldier. That would allow 2-in-1.
The nano bots are being used in the medical industry. It would allow the doctors to give medical care without opening them up or using hands.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:25 am
I guess the secret is to NOT be shot in the under buttock fuel tank or you’ll make an ash of yourself. Would be a spectacular American Pie lit phart gone wild at some point in the future on Utube, LOL.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
cool man, where can i get one of those bad boys?
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
bit of a bummer,if u get blasted into the water man!
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 am
I guess they are going to have to build in Scuba gear and ballast tanks.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Thats a good use of tax dollars. I hope this works. Kinda reminds me of Halo. This is something i could get used to but how long will it take? honestly get some jet boots in this baby.