Title | Exoskeletons in Industry | |
Date | Wednesday September 17 2014, @04:54PM | |
Author | janrinok | |
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from the handy-for-carrying-brides-across-thresholds dept. |
There's an article over at Singularity Hub that the US Navy will test and evaluate Lockheed Martin’s FORTIS exoskeletons.
This is sourced from a press release from last month which states that Lockheed Martin:
has received a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for the U.S. Navy to evaluate and test two FORTIS exoskeletons
The FORTIS exoskeleton is unpowered and :
transfers loads through the exoskeleton to the ground in standing or kneeling positions and allows operators to use heavy tools as if they were weightless
There are also articles over at gizmag, RT and wired which go into more detail on this exoskeleton programme.
With the unpowered FORTIS, together with Daewoo's powered exoskeleton trials, it looks like the practical civilian use of exoskeletons in heavy industry is a possibility in the near future.
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