Robot Suit

Ghryphen · 06-08-2005, 08:15 AM

Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power

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Tue Jun 7,10:14 AM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan has taken a step into the science-fiction world with the release of a "robot suit" that can help workers lift heavy loads or assist people with disabilities climb stairs.

"Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in the near future," said Yoshiyuki Sankai, professor and engineer at Tsukuba University who led the project.

The 15-kilogram (33-pound) battery-powered suit, code-named HAL-5, detects muscle movements through electrical-signal flows on the skin surface and then amplifies them.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050607...y_050607141415

Aluscia · 06-08-2005, 01:19 PM

Coolest thing since sliced bread!

Stang · 06-08-2005, 03:12 PM

Couldn't he pick us something heavier than a girl though? I mean guys can do that already

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Pretty cool though!

Aluscia · 06-08-2005, 05:22 PM

He's a weak Japanese Otoko nerd... he can't pick up his PC case, let alone a girl!

sh@rp · 06-08-2005, 08:25 PM

Hehe Alus,

This is pretty cool, I'ma get one for me !

SiFi · 06-08-2005, 08:56 PM

Powered Armour, here we come!

Aluscia · 06-09-2005, 01:20 PM

The day that we get powered armor is the day that I sign up to become a full cyborg. Preferably the geisha kind.

LoS-NutzholzWolf · 06-09-2005, 02:24 PM

The day they get powered armor is the day we see Exo-skeleton weapon systems used in the armed forces and lifting units in place of forklifts for construction and warehouse.

I can see it now, they develop a unit that can lift an A1 Abrams and flip it.

Stang · 06-09-2005, 03:22 PM

I forgot about that Alu

Aluscia · 06-09-2005, 03:31 PM

What I really want is a brain implant that can type for me.

06-08-2005, 01:19 PM	#2
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06-08-2005, 03:12 PM	#3
Stang Team Captain Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Everett, WA, USA Age: 51 Posts: 3,859 Xbox Leaderboard: 1^st	Couldn't he pick us something heavier than a girl though? I mean guys can do that already . Pretty cool though! __________________

06-08-2005, 05:22 PM	#4
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06-08-2005, 08:25 PM	#5
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06-08-2005, 08:56 PM	#6
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06-09-2005, 01:20 PM	#7
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 42 Posts: 2,346	The day that we get powered armor is the day that I sign up to become a full cyborg. Preferably the geisha kind. __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead

06-09-2005, 02:24 PM	#8
LoS-NutzholzWolf Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Columbus, Oh Age: 41 Posts: 123	The day they get powered armor is the day we see Exo-skeleton weapon systems used in the armed forces and lifting units in place of forklifts for construction and warehouse. I can see it now, they develop a unit that can lift an A1 Abrams and flip it. __________________ -LoS-TimberWolf "Republican Ideology advanced the concept of 'civic virtue' - the idea that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good." from The Brief American Pageant 6st edition

06-09-2005, 03:22 PM	#9
Stang Team Captain Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Everett, WA, USA Age: 51 Posts: 3,859 Xbox Leaderboard: 1^st	I forgot about that Alu __________________

06-09-2005, 03:31 PM	#10
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 42 Posts: 2,346	What I really want is a brain implant that can type for me. __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead