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Russian Exoskeleton Suit Turns Soldiers Into Stormtroopers

posted by martyb on Friday July 07 2017, @02:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the suitable dept.

Fnord666 writes:

In a bid to make its armed forces look even more intimidating, Russia has taken inspiration from science-fiction to create some futuristic-looking new combat suits. Developed by the state-owned Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building, this very Star Wars-esque combat armor features a powered exoskeleton, ballistic protection from bullets and shrapnel and a heads-up display. While just a concept at the moment, the suit's designers hope it will enter full production in the next few years.

While they haven't detailed what the heads-up display would be used for, the combat armor's powered exoskeleton helps the wearer carry heavy loads, bearing some of the brunt to lower the soldiers' fatigue

Source: Engadget

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @02:44AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @02:44AM (#535977)

    http://cyberneticzoo.com/man-amplifiers/1961-2-cornell-aeronautical-labs-man-amplifier-neil-mizen-american/ [cyberneticzoo.com]
    Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (formerly the WWII Curtiss-Wright research lab in Buffalo, NY) designed and built an exoskeleton, but were unable to get the funding to add power to the joints.
     

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday July 07 2017, @02:55AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday July 07 2017, @02:55AM (#535981) Journal

    I'm kind of surprised that some variation of the exoskeleton hasn't been adopted widely yet. It seems like a good way to increase productivity at a potentially lower cost than fully automating an industrial job. Exoskeleton + human vs. general purpose/reprogrammable [wikipedia.org] robot?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @03:06AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @03:06AM (#535983)

      Mostly the stuff industrial robots do is really boring and repetitive, not great work for humans.

      On the other hand, a powered exoskeleton on a person might replace some big general purpose machines, for example loading heavy parts onto pallets. Once on a pallet, we already have fork lifts... Or how about moving heavy pipes into and out of holes, and positioning them when repairing big water mains.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @06:11AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @06:11AM (#536024)

        For that last job you could have two man amplifiers, or a man amplifier and a woman amplifier, or a group. 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️👷‍♂️