I see something like this being more useful in an industrial workplace over a war zone.

Michai

that would be awesome for me that I cant walk

hotwheels

Wouldn't battle damage turn you from superhuman to human carrying three hundred pounds (or however much it weighs) of dead weight? Problem exasterbateded by making the solider a larger target and less trained.

rockboy04

Haha, got to love exoskeletons.

I for one am fond of them (non-robotic kind) cause when I broke my back, was walking three days later. But ya...

If when you leave the exoskeleton it goes and keeps fighting, how are you supposed to get back in it? I don't get that part... The thing runs faster than you, is stronger than you, and is loaded with massive guns, and you are supposed to just get in it?

Sounds cool, though when it goes rampage I think I may be purchasing a few EMP's.

AlexEmerald

I bet it plays Doom. In real life.

s1pacrat

Does this make us the first creature in the history of evolution to boast of both an endoskeleton and exoskeleton?
I am so freakin' proud of my species.

scarbrtj

I just watched that with the audio turned off and played the Six Million Dollar Man theme music and sound effects in my head.

Do do de do...

na na na na na....

klaybc

Will it blend, though?

TonyRockyHorror

Winter is comin'! Slap a snow shovel on that puppy & c'mon over! BTW, I live in mid-Minnesnowta. Ah hell, forget the shovel. Just bring it over and we'll use it to push/pull the truck with the plow on it.

lunarstreaker

I'm wondering what kind of weapons will be feasible with the extra strength and mobility. BFG FTW

DrChaos

its pretty cool....but scary as to it capabilities

darkmonk04

Billy Mayes here for the new Skele-turbo! Cleans your floors and picks up your kids from school! Buy it now for only 19.99 and we'll throw in a second on for free!

DeathBySnooSnoo

This is exactly what I need to take on the Queen Alien that has taken over my garden shed.

I can't see this entering combat roles for at least another decade (if not several), but as is right now, it could be immediately implemented in military support. Average Joe just slapping one of these on and being able to repeatedly lift 100 lbs by himself for more than 10 min would be awesome.

Just don't give it to baggage throwers, those bastards damage enough luggage without the ability to throw it into orbit

electrikecho

It's cool and all but I'd rather have a jet pack or a light saber.

absentblue

Know what's lame? One of the pics had the soldier holding an ordinary rifle.

Screw that. If you can press 200lbs all day, then carry around something serious. Like four rocket launchers, strapped together.

Moonshadow101

you guys frequent a gadget blog and are robot-phobic?
Put some wings and some jets on one of those. Make a nice mech. ROBOTECH!

ps.I for one welcome out new overlords and can be helpful in rounding up stragglers.

calaverasgrandes

KNIGHT SABRES, GO!

Pope John Peeps II

We have learned nothing from movies!!!! Terminator I,II,III- Matrix Triology, 2001 SO, AI, I-Robot--- A robotic apocalypse is inevitable.

DrifterTypeR

@nospamsam:

thats IS totally creepy..

D_Zarster

So the soldier gets injured and this thing could automatically bring him to the back lines for treatment.
Of course, it could also go ahead and keep fighting with the dead soldiers body still inside... kind of creepy but very cool none the less.

nospamsam

thats scary cool

takemetoyourtoaster

now it just needs rocket boots and repulsor rays and it'll be all set.

CyberSpy

word cannot describe the awesomeness of this

rainfever

I have to admit I want one, but the giant cables coming out the back seem like they would limit movement. Is there a field version?

angryhippopotamus

Note to self: Don't allow people to advance AI in future...

MadModderX

fuck super hero! I'de be a super villain in the suit, walk around town throwing cars, that thing looks amazing.

crazy0000

i can see the commercials for the civilian version now...

"silly rabbit, ultramobile powered exoskeleton supersuits are for ME"
(decimates everything that moves)

jarobi

master chief?

wtd966

the last part gave me a scare.. "becoming autonomous".. YOU MEAN A TERMINATOR?!??! ahhhhhh

astrograph

now I can REALLY impress the girls...

"is that a hi-tech mega-powered exoskeleton you used to pulverize this thug or are you just happy to see me?"

DataScream

when it can run through a brick wall and then punch a person's head off, then i'll be impressed.

decerbo

Wow... that's amazing... until the rise of the robots, of course :P

cloudnine

Wow, this would be great for even the simplest tasks around the house.

LillieDesigns

resistance is futile

digitaldavey

Set an enormous weapon up?

Hell ... issue the troop a 20mm assault rifle.

Add armor and some kind of jet propulsion, and you have Heinlein's Mobile Infantry.

kbarrett

super sweet, i would love this for moving semi truck brake drums at work. those things are heavy.
@lunarstreaker:
oh yeah, i could move some snow with that, like the wet heavy crap when the plow comes thru, and with some spikes on the feet, that asshats car who parks in front of my house

godwhacker

@rockboy04: That's dumb. Why would soldiers be less trained? And adding a couple of inches onto a soldier isn't going to matter. Not in the slightest.

When they produce these, they will be an astonishingly effective weapon. Think about it. You've got something roughly the size of a person that can run an ENORMOUS weapon into place, set it up, fire it, and then move almost immediately.

Pope John Peeps II

C'mon, no mention of Master Chief? I was almost begging for one of those prototype armor to look like him. Varying levels of protection my ass, all you need is Mark VI!

Benjammin

that is freaking sweet!

nizzy1115

@scarbrtj: ......A turtle has an exoskeleton (kind of) and an endoskeleton.

sprice82

Impressive, but where does an untethered model get its power from? Can they come up with a suitably small power source that provides a reasonable running time?

LittleJon

Sign me up where do I join.

Azteck

Stronger than a locomotive: check. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound: STILL WAITING. Needs more jetpacks.

Pender

Great so now then they take over they won't even have to chase us down, we'll climb into them willingly. I for one think it should come with a metallic mohawk and bling and a voice modulator that mimics Mr. T's voice. "I pity the foo' who messes with ma autonomous robotic exoskeleton". Oh yeah... Then you'd be set for a night on the town.

jackfrost132

how long til it looks like master chief?

norfizzle

An army suit that is capable of dancing and prancing?

Dont ask, dont tell is in full effect!

albokay

@ElementalDragon: Any really heavy ordnance has a base of some sort. Considering how strong this thing can be, all you'd have to do is plunk the base down, hoist up the weapon and you're ready to fire. Carrying the ammo hopper, this could be A 1 person 50 Cal. machine gun team.

Or by the time this thing is ready for production in like 10 or 15 years, they'll probably have made that lovely boeing laser small enough to tote around. Armoured laser troops zapping baddies from 2000 metres away with silent, recoilless magic god guns.

This is the American military dream. Of course, then America will invade every country on the face of the earth but really, that's inevitable anyways. Team America! (If I say that now, maybe you won't laze my future family).

Pope John Peeps II

This could also work as an army recruitment tool. I bet a lot of young people would sign up if they could be master chief in real life. Now they just need a tagline...

mariogalaxyman

Wow - this is a beefed up version of the exoskeleton Mac wore during the dance contest to try to win their bar back in this season's 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.'

If you don't know what I'm talking about, shame on you.

bitfactory

Looks ok, not quite natural movement yet, but very promising technology.

tin

Does it have an iPod dock?? =P

miguelon918

I want one of those, but with a self distruct function.

GizFanAlpha

probably one main problem with having someone take it into battle with massive weapons. it can carry them, yes.... but firing them? if you're talking about something like you'd expect to see on a mounted platform or something like that.... or a handheld form of mobile artillery.... you'd also have to devise some way of reducing kick. would suck to be in an exoskeleton holding an artillery cannon.... on your a** half a second after firing it.

ElementalDragon

Thats crazy. and yea.. that kind of looked like Master Chief.. but preatty cool .

DJJS

No one has made an Exo Squad comment yet? I know it wasn't nearly as popular as a lot of mainstream mecha movies and shows but c'mon it's an exoskeleton and the show is called Exo Squad.

I bet that the initial military utilization will not be in front line roles based on the one comment in the clip about "loading 200 lb missles". I could see it being used to load up artillery or ordinance onto planes and stuff.

Now imagine hooking this up with a larger missle/canon type weapon and including some sort of targeting computer, you'd have man portable heavy artillery. It'd be freaking sweet.

Derrick

@LittleJon: Backpack battery pack, according to the video. The field version is apparently untethered.

Pender

Yeah, this kind of crap looks awesome ... right up until the exact second that Skynet becomes self-aware.

elvindeath

Didn't they use this to defend Zion from attack?

Hardcore1

is it me of does the armored suit looked sort of like master chief?

steven0r

@Hobo740: I agree, if this is declassified information who knows how much more advanced their secret projects are?

mariogalaxyman

WHAT HAPPENES... when the software goes wrong and rotates the "cool army suit" into positions that brake the bones of the "wearer"?

Bodypainter

The US military had a prototype Haloesque suit in like 1999 by now, it's probably in production or final testing stages.

Oh, and if we're JUST NOW seeing this, it's probably been out there for a few years.

Hobo740

" BY S1PACRAT AT 03:12 PM

I bet it plays Doom. In real life."

Best. Comment. EVER!

tuckerch

Got to agree with Hardcore1... this is the birth of the Mobile Suit. Mecha fanboys world wide are probably plotzing themselves right now.

bgplpshep

Psh. Old news... Dont you guys know they had these in the 1960's in Rapture?

SomeoneUKno

Maybe the next step in human evolution will involve robotic exoskeletons...
That'd be pretty cool.

jawzxy

get away from her you b*tch!

deedrit

With this for her partner, Rosie O'Donnell can finally be on Dancing with the stars.

Now they just have to perfect the white gunfire-attracting armor that the Stormtroopers have.

NeoPoliticus

This would be perfect for use with handling large caliber weapons.... NO RECOIL.

Well there will always be recoil, but because the kinetic force from the recoil will be received by the exo-skeleton, not the user's hand, the deviation in targeting from the shot will minimal.

terranaut

why soldiers?
why not metallurgic employees, civil construction employees?
do we really need soldiers like that? do we really need war?

ahhh forget! Thats so cool! how many years until we reach the level of exoskeleton like in Crysis?

AndersonBMX

Second the EXO-Squad reference. I mean, that show had a character named "Bronsky". Can you imagine giving a real robo-enhanced Bronsky? MAGIC.

FedExin

I for one welcome our new robot overlords!

That is actually pretty cool. Imagine the medical uses instead of military: aiding paralysis victims is a definite bonus!

MrWashy

once skynet, eh... i mean wikipedia gets ahold of this info, its SO going to become self aware.

then we're fucked.

perfectoon_0901

@angryhippopotamus: If you listened during the video, you would've heard that this model is tethered for safety.

chrisvick

Ok, ok. So it's a start. When will it be red, able to fly and have repulsor rays?!?! Iron man style. ;

ElCabong

I just wanted to see it jump. I bet he could jump really high. Then come crashing down. Breaking his limbs.

cmoody17

@cloudnine:

It will be crucial to have this technology when the robots try to take over. Only with this technology, fully relised, do we stand a chance.

ianken

That suit would have saved me from a back surgery due to lifting people in and out of wheelchairs

Hypenotistathotmail

Third the EXO-Squad ref... how come CN doesn't pick up that show, it was actually pretty cool.

Voltron's Underwear

I could see how it would be impressive if this was 1989, but the fact remains that there is no Liquid Metal Poly-Alloy involved here so keep on working.

warf0x0r

@scarbrtj:

Humans have had exoskeletons for a good few hundred years now, mainly back in the medieval times with the suits of armour.

Taime

@sprice82: turtles AND tortoises. (water and land, natch)

doofusgumby

@ElCabong: Oh so true. The Dream's long overdue!

Klappstuhl

Yeah, as some have already pointed out, it may let you get OUT of it, but will it let you get INTO it again?? That's the 6 million dollar question, isn't it???

banmojo

I am officially a Luddite.

WilCon

This scares me more than all the RFID stories you've posted in the last 2 years combined!

RoyalKennebecasisAdventurersSociety

Not bad for a (blurble blurble) human...

strider_mt2k

Yhea but what if it rains?

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzt he he he

jchasse

@albokay "An army suit that is capable of dancing and pranci...:

Finally, Counterstrike players can bring their bunny hopping and erratic running around skills to the real world!

Hunty

So how long's the battery life gonna be, and what happens if you run out of juice in the middle of a stride/lift/run/battle?

Worf

@Bodypainter: Exactly what I was thinking. That's a gruesome accident waiting to happen.

Gann

i love the big daddy looking mock up they have near the end.

zenpoet

left arm [gizmodo.com] right arm [gizmodo.com]
any other suggestions?

dontforget

This is the most interesting article I have seen on here to date.. since I have joined. I love these types of articles..

WOW! I am just blown away. This is one thing that really floats my boat in pure awesomeness..

I hope these guys continue to push towards radical designs, and push the boundaries.

But as snippet above leaves us with a question.. "The price we will pay?" Eh, I don't think we will have anything to worry about as long as we don't rely to much on this particular new technology..

-Core-

At what point does the exoskeleton decide to forcibly remove the the fleshwad that is slowing down it's reaction times?

matt448

fuck!

conglomerate

Now to put wheels on the feet and provide a titanium hockey stick. That would be awesome.

Kruel

the last seconds looked like some effort was still there.

@AndersonBMX: military engineering usually precedes civilian, mostly because of faster recognized importance and bigger funding. So, no wonder here.

monomyth

Surprised no one made the obvious Aliens reference -

rexplex

Cool! Stormtroopers coming soon. They only need a Darth Vader.

bugstomper2

"SCV good to go sir!"

ripfire4

Oh I can smell the inferior plastic commercial version being made now...

RoninianHoon

It seems like it would be hard to grab things. Notice that his hands are grabbing handles so they aren't free for anything else.

timerider42

really...no one....how 'bout the most awesome "sexoskeleton" suit...imagine the ease at hoisting some fat girl for the ride of her life...and obviously the suit could finish the job after you blow your load in 30 seconds cuz you're nailin' some chick you're holding upside down with one arm...you'd have a geekgasm

wait for the first vid to hit youporn, shoulnd't be long...

gotcha thinkin'

bigrhyno

I think I will wait for the one with the Ipod dock in them I'm totally going to get one

Thezig

Hopefully these exo skels are improved upon and made public by the time I'm old enough to need Viagra...

lift 100-150 pounds for hours on end w/ out breaking a sweat.. I'm guna be the most pimping old guy in the nursing home !

SeventhExile

Imagine the first battlefield virus....
Full platoons wearing exoskeletons breaking out into the makerana.

ShadowX

What about applying this to people with limbs so weak that they can't walk or move their arms? Or is that just silly?

stat321

Amazing.

stat321