US Army Tests Super Strong Exoskeleton

[JS ibanez]

This may give certain people the chance to walk again as well.

As for military uses it seems like this could very quickly become a major hindrance if it breaks down

 

[luvd1]

Wow. Now a single person has the power to stop armies..... And that persons name is Bill Gates and the weapon he uses is windows. Just what you need in the middle of a firefight. The suit crashing.

 

[Chainsaws_of_War_2]

Sounds like it'd be more useful in other professions really.

Don't you know? Military gets the most high tech stuff first, followed by medical, followed by the rest of us.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

Don't you just love how the military gives stuff cool names like HULC and then says that all it is is an acronym? C'mon, just call it the Hulk. I think that would be a much scarier name.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Soon as we get a power armor core, sign me up

expect many space marine quotes

Or brother hood of steel

Oh yeah XD I like this man! I wanna be in a squad with him! TO THE POWER ARMOR!

 

[Paragon Fury]

It's a nice step, but I can't help but feel as though just taking some time to revamp the army physical fitness programs to the point that soldiers are able to carry the loads themselves would be the first step here.

Except that 200lbs. is well over the limit of what the most fit men and women would be able to carry and maintain combat-effectiveness without assistance.

 

[Jared]

Thats pretty cool...the only problem with it, still looks fairly cumbersome...It would be awesome though when they do develop it..imagine all those back breaking jobs turned easy! lol

 

[Cody211282]

Sounds like it'd be more useful in other professions really.

Actually this would be very nice to have if you were light infantry, they have to pack all their gear and march to were they are going.

 

[Thedutchjelle]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who dislikes the use of these things for the military.

The guys in the video don't even mention anything civilians might use these things for.

 

[Lucifron]

...and they shall know no fear.

 

[Infernai]

...One step closer to getting cyborg ninja's, WOOT! ^^

 

[peterwolfe]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who dislikes the use of these things for the military.

The guys in the video don't even mention anything civilians might use these things for.

Well, they are getting the grant to research and develop these things from the military. I'm not saying that the military just straight-up doesn't care about more civilian applications (some off the top of my head would be rescue work and construction work), but it's first and foremost concern is military applications. The company making these has most likely given a great deal of thought to civilian applications and usage of this technology, but doesn't want to mention it in press releases quite yet for fear of losing any funding. Military contracts aren't given out willy-nilly, and can be revoked if the military thinks the developers of the technology are wasting time and money (say on the research of civilian applications).

 

[Cody211282]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who dislikes the use of these things for the military.

The guys in the video don't even mention anything civilians might use these things for.

Why don't you like the idea of these being used in the military?

 

[Kilaknux]

Does no-one else find it disturbing that a company called Cyberdyne, mentioned several times on this thread, are building robotic exoskeletons? When they build robot soldiers, I'm running.

 

[Ashendarei]

absolutely awesome. I look forward to seeing what the future will hold in development for this

 

[darkonnis]

It's a nice step, but I can't help but feel as though just taking some time to revamp the army physical fitness programs to the point that soldiers are able to carry the loads themselves would be the first step here.

That just isn't realistic. Wouldn't matter how big you were or how fit, it simply isn't possible to carry that weight over the distances needed.

Sounds like it'd be more useful in other professions really.

Yes but like all things modern, they're so much easier to make if they start with military applications in mind. Why? Because the R&D budget is massive, especially in days political climate were leaders want to storm into other countries at the drop of a hat and worry about equipping its troops later.

Am I the only one who is against all of these things made by the military? Yes, I can see it's uses for other things rather than the military, but that's the thing, it's prime use will be for that: soldiers.

All the technology we have right now is because of the military.

And I am conscious of that. But what I'm against is that these companies are wasting a whole lot of money for making more ways on to how to kill people while getting a whole lot more richer than rather help the civilians. That is what has been bothering me about these military projects.

So you are saying they should help civilians? Are you going to foot the bill? it'll trickle through just like everything else, boots backpacks, you name it. The civilian market often has better gear than the military does if you are willing to spend the money. But it has to start somewhere

 

[Predlin]

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I'm still holding out hope for some crazy robo-prosthetics. I want cyborg eyes!

You can get cyborg eyes. They're still quite rudimentary, they just pick up changes in light, not light itself, but they're advancing quick. They're meant for people who've lost their eyes.

Now all we have to do is put that exo-skeleton on the inside and G.I.T.S. here we come (I wonder if that acronym was intentional?)

 

[Vrex360]

It might not be a hyper powered mech suit.... but it's getting close.

Still, this does look like it would be practical and seems to serve an actual purpose so at least for now I'm content with it.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Anyone else notice how much that looks like the Exo armour from STALKER games?