Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

[trufun202]

I found this quite interesting...

[deryni21]

this is going to have the NWO fanatics in an uproar

[LeonBlade]

I would have to say this isn't going anywhere based on the time frame the video stated.

[MarauderIIC]

Hmm. How much does the skeleton weigh? How does it manage to "negate the payload", exactly, I wonder? Does it say, lift up on your feet when you lift (when it's not being pushed on)? If so, what does it push against in order to lift? It seems like the user might be the most available thing to push against. Although you could spring load it, you would have to allow for the springs to be stretched again without any effort, and so that wouldn't be any good.

Why didn't I see the guy with 150 pounds running? If it negates it, running with 50 pounds doesn't tell me much, maybe he was an army dude.

[avansc]

he just looks like fucking forrest gump. what a piece of shit.
berkley can suck my ramaining testicle.

[deryni21]

he just looks like fucking forrest gump. what a piece of shit.
berkley can suck my ramaining testicle.

twisted testicles?

[dandymcgee]

Yeah I don't really see how it helps, the guy carrying the weights on his back is all hunched over. The demo wasn't very informative. And they were bragging how quickly it could be removed, but it took the guy like 25 seconds to get it off and fold it up, more than enough time to get shot in the field if attempting to run away while wearing it.

[MarauderIIC]

If you're getting shot you just dump the backpack.

[wtetzner]

Hmm. How much does the skeleton weigh? How does it manage to "negate the payload", exactly, I wonder? Does it say, lift up on your feet when you lift (when it's not being pushed on)? If so, what does it push against in order to lift? It seems like the user might be the most available thing to push against. Although you could spring load it, you would have to allow for the springs to be stretched again without any effort, and so that wouldn't be any good.

Why didn't I see the guy with 150 pounds running? If it negates it, running with 50 pounds doesn't tell me much, maybe he was an army dude.

I don't actually know how it works, but from what I've read about similar projects, it uses servos at the joints, and it detects your movements, so the exoskeleton moves with you. It's like having a pair of robotic legs that exactly follow your movements. So the weight on the backpack is held up by the robotic legs, the person just sort of moves along inside of it.

[MarauderIIC]

I see. So it just uses the user to balance against (otherwise you'd have a full walking robot there).

[eatcomics]

Hmm. How much does the skeleton weigh? How does it manage to "negate the payload", exactly, I wonder? Does it say, lift up on your feet when you lift (when it's not being pushed on)? If so, what does it push against in order to lift? It seems like the user might be the most available thing to push against. Although you could spring load it, you would have to allow for the springs to be stretched again without any effort, and so that wouldn't be any good.

Why didn't I see the guy with 150 pounds running? If it negates it, running with 50 pounds doesn't tell me much, maybe he was an army dude.

I don't actually know how it works, but from what I've read about similar projects, it uses servos at the joints, and it detects your movements, so the exoskeleton moves with you. It's like having a pair of robotic legs that exactly follow your movements. So the weight on the backpack is held up by the robotic legs, the person just sort of moves along inside of it.

the army has a full exoskeleton suit in development, so you can walk with or lift heavy objects...