5 Bionic Exoskeleton Suits of the Future

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1. Rob O. Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 11:25 am

   1 It’s always really interesting to see how a pop culture reference can bring such sharp attention to these kinds of gems that have long since been hidden away in the dark recesses of research labs. Granted, work would surely have continued to progress on these sorts of projects without the release of “Iron Man,” but just look at how much new (or renewed) public interest there is in exoskeleteon development as a result of that movie. I know that these researchers have languished in obscurity for years, working on stuff that we’re only now getting tantalizing glimpses of, but still, the timing makes it feel like a “wag the dog” kinda setup. Reply to this comment.

2. Greg Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

   2 I agree with you and have thought that for years. The government along with the producers in hollywood have been doing this to the public to desensitize them. Reply to this comment.

3. Rob Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

   3 Great roundup of the various exo skeletons around… the story has also been added at http://www.gearcult.com Reply to this comment.

4. funkdigital Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

   4 The possibilities are intriguing. Reply to this comment.

5. gatzke Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

   5 Hey, check it out.. He can walk! Got any footage of him doing 300Lb squats? Reply to this comment.

6. william hessian Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

   6 excellent list of exo suits. for some reason i have zero confidence in the grizzly guy’s suit, although it looks amazing. The 4th one REX looks pretty impressive, I hope to see these things advance even more than this quickly. It seems that any progress is few and far between. Which is too bad. www.zombierobotfrosting.blogspot.com Reply to this comment.

7. d00d Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

   7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hkCcoenLW4 Reply to this comment.

8. Hilary Albutt Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

   8 Hmmmm its not a bad idea, but if the best two or three were to get together and have a suit that could lift itself, be bullet resistant and fire pink splodgy paint balls, now that I would pay to see! Reply to this comment.

9. mike Posted: May 6th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

   9 so i dont get it… this will allow fat people to move? Reply to this comment.

10. aslam Posted: May 7th, 2008 at 3:00 am

    10 Just what we need another fat-ass american who cant get around using his two legs. Reply to this comment.

11. James Posted: May 7th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    11 So, I guess they’ve got past the problems where the earlier bionic suits snapped their operators bones then? Reply to this comment.

12. Hubbs Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 9:15 pm

    12 I for one welcome SkyNet as my new lord and master Reply to this comment.

13. dennis Posted: May 11th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    13 all mechanical devices break down, have problems etc… you have to keep them up and if one breaks down on the battlefield you have to take it off and you cant carry the darn heavy thing to keep the enemy from getting it and reverse engineering it so what do you do? carry around enough c4 to destroy it before you leave…its utterly crazy to think something like this is practical… what do you do?….every army will have them eventually and you have to invent something else and so on just like everything else in war there will be no end to it and cost the taxpayers even more money. its just stupid. Reply to this comment.

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