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Aliens Power Loader-Exoskeleton in echt!


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OMG! Hier eine erste Version eines Powerloader-Exoskeletons (Ihr wisst schon, der gelbe Superlader aus „Aliens“, und was sagt Ripley nochmal zu Hicks und Capone, als sie dieses Exodings zum ersten mal benutzt?) in echt. Die Teile sollen bis 2015 marktreif werden. Gelb angestrichen haben sie sie bis dahin dann hoffentlich.

The so-called “Power Loader” suit — which takes its name from the fictional hydraulic exoskeleton suit appearing in the sci-fi classic “Aliens” (1986) — is built on an aluminum-alloy frame and weighs 230 kilograms (500 lbs). Described as a “dual-arm power amplification robot,” the exoskeleton suit is currently equipped with 18 electromagnetic motors that enable the wearer to lift 100 kilograms (220 lbs) with little effort. In addition, the Power Loader’s simple, intuitive control system employs direct force feedback, allowing the operator to directly feel the movement of the robot while controlling it.

‘Power Loader’ exoskeleton suit

High-Tech-Rüstung für den Soldaten von morgen

Gerade ist in den Kinos weltweit die Comic Verfilmung Iron Man angelaufen, in der Multimilliardär Tony Stark (gespielt von Robert Downey Jr) eine eiserne High-Tech-Rüstung entwickelt, die ihn mit übermenschlichen Kräften und Fähigkeiten ausstattet. Diese Marvel-Vision versucht die Salt Lake City (US-Bundesstaat Utah) ansässige Firma Raytheon mit ihrem Exoskeleton Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen: Wie im Film soll der futuristische Anzug mittels Sensoren und Motoren die Kraft, Ausdauer und Gewandtheit seines Trägers erhöhen.

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Real “Iron Man” Suits are Coming, but are Just the Beginning

“Iron Man” fans rejoice: real exoskeletons are coming. Japanese company Cyberdyne has plans to start selling their model, the HAL-5 Robot Suit later this year. The American company Sarcos has its own prototype out, too, so the race is on for new generations of exoskeletons that can do everything humans an do, only better (and fly, too). But while you’re watching videos of the two exos performing jaw-dropping feats of strength, MIT biomechatronics researcher Hugh Herr is getting ready to blow your mind by building building prosthetic limbs that could have all the super powers of exos. For the moment he’s focused on helping people with disabilities, but he thinks it won’t be long before we’ll be implanting “bions” inside our body and considering swapping out our biological legs for the shiny new pair in the storefront window.

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US army develops robotic suits

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.

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Rent a HAL robot suit for $1000

Nebbish and sunken-chested, a spindly and asthmatic ectomorph, I’ve long looked forward to exoskeleton technology. I’m sick of having sand kicked into my face by bullies at the beach as I pursue a dim chance at the reproductive act; an exo-skeleton will even the score by allowing me to confront all of the mesomorphic jerks who torment my life on their own brawny terms and, thus confronting them, hit them so hard they ejaculate their central nervous systems. In the 1940s, we had Charles Atlas; in the double oughts of the new Millennium, we have robot suits made out of titanium.

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