Power Loader Suit Offers More Than Augmented Strength
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 1 of October , 2009 at 3:24 am
We’ve seen plenty of powered exoskeletons over the last few years, including working prototypes from Tokyo University, Berkeley Bionics, Sarcos, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, and of course Cyberdyne. Where Panasonic’s Power Loader differs, though, is that it endows you with some extra goodies like extended utility arms with giant gripper claws so that you can kick alien ass lift stuff that much more effectively:
The suit itself weighs an appropriately colossal 230 kg (500 lbs), and enables you to easily lift about 100 kg (220 lbs) thanks to eighteen electromagnetic motors. Force feedback helps control the lifting power intuitively, but there’s no power source specified… And as is often the case, sheer awesomeness is often tempered by power requirements. Fuel cells, anyone?
The suit should be ready for consumers in about 5 years for an as yet unspecified, but no doubt rather high, price.
[ Mainichi (Translated) ] VIA [ Pink Tentacle ]
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Category: Cybernetics, Industrial, Research
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Comment by John Madden
Made Thursday, 1 of October , 2009 at 5:00 am
Just the thing for throwing pesky xenomorphs out of airlocks. Now let’s take off and nuke the site from orbit. :)
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Made Monday, 5 of October , 2009 at 3:27 pm
Спасибо. было познавательно.