Exoskeletons

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• shadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter

  March 2004

  heh, bring it on,
  
  by the looks of it we just need torso and arm units, some armour, and a large, large gun... my guess is probably a 7.62 Nato Machine gun and probably a 20mm gas relieved cannon, maybe a smoke launcher, a single shot anti-tank weapon and of course the comms/EW package.
  
  I'll be these things will soon come in at around the 250 kilo mark.
  
  Only problem is until armour catches up, these things aren't going to win any wars. A decent high powered rifle and g'bye grunt.
  
  I can see these things being backfield and medic type donkeys for moving materiel etc, but not on the front line. Theres a long way to go in terms of protection for the jockey and vast improvements in agility.
  
  both scary and exciting
  
  then theres also the industrial versions, power-exo plus spacesuit = fucking cool.
  
  not to mention a diving exo...
• Freejack Jake the Not-so-Wise

  March 2004

  I hate exoskeletons, all that molting as you grow, can't be much fun...
• Messiah Failed Experiment

  March 2004

  Molting?
  
  Anyway. This is great! Aliens and Matrix (and more) here we come!
• Phi <font color=#FF0000>C</font><font color=#FF9900>o</font><font color=#FFFF00>l</font><font color=#00F

  March 2004

  [i]imagines someone using one of these to travel over rough terrain...and a stray bit of gravel lodging in one of the mechanisms...and the leg seizing up...giggles...[/i]
  
  Still, neat idea :)
• E.T Quote-o-matic

  March 2004

  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by shadow boxer [/i]
  [B]heh, bring it on,
  
  by the looks of it we just need torso and arm units, some armour, and a large, large gun... my guess is probably a 7.62 Nato Machine gun and probably a 20mm gas relieved cannon, maybe a smoke launcher, a single shot anti-tank weapon and of course the comms/EW package.[/B][/QUOTE]
  Like this: [url]http://www.me.berkeley.edu/hel/hydextender.htm[/url]
  (Or [url]http://www.me.berkeley.edu/hel/extarms.htm[/url])
  
  After that there's only little left to world of Heavy Gear games.
  
  I think that in fire support these could also work pretty well.
  
  Also one application could be in air defence where man with exoskeleton could carry more than one stinger. (best option would be to develop more heavier missile with longer range and larger warhead)
  
  [QUOTE][B]Only problem is until armour catches up, these things aren't going to win any wars. A decent high powered rifle and g'bye grunt.[/B][/QUOTE]
  Heavy Gear 2 comes to my mind.
  Your're safe from machineguns but just wait when someone shoots you with bazooka or AT-missile. :D
  
  
  I think this would be pretty good at destroying exoskeletons which wouldn't be very heavily armored.
  [url]http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn02-e.htm[/url] (at least with couple full 10 round magazines)
• E.T Quote-o-matic

  March 2004

  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by shadow boxer [/i]
  [B]then theres also the industrial versions[/B][/QUOTE]
  Yeah, like in Aliens.
  
  Well, there's nothing that could prevent making exoskeleton's arms same kind like human when technology advances.
  
  
  With these it should be possible to easily move objects weighting hundreds kilograms, it's just matter how heavy exoskeletons are allowed to grow.