HULC Robotic Exoskeleton MK II Undergoing Tests 72
fergus07 writes "Lockheed Martin is putting an updated, ruggedized version of its HULC Robotic Exoskeleton through lab evaluation tests. The hydraulic 'power-suit,' which enables the wearer to carry up to 200 lbs and run at 10 mph, now boasts better protection from the elements, improved fitting and easier adjustment, increased run-time and new control software."
Problem with forklifts is... (Score:4, Insightful)
There's never one around when you need to pull a wounded man out of the battlefield and then carry him to a field hospital.
Also, they can be a bitch to get up a a stairway.
Re:Sorry to disapoint you lads (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:WWI (Score:3, Insightful)
Back then, soldiers with PTSD used to be shot or left to die in no-man's-land for cowardice.
You will recognize that the world has changed a bit in last 100 years? On AND off the battlefield.
Giving troops their own robot-suits makes each soldier that much more expensive when the drone takes them out.
Good!
Maybe then less soldiers will be sent out there to die for no reason.
If your mission plan requires the troops to carry 200lbs of equipment themselves then whomever wrote that plan needs to be shot.
They are already regularly hauling around 100 pounds of gear.
1/3rd of it being just clothes, basic armor (helmet), weapon and ammo they are wearing.
With exoskeleton, they can move under full gear as they would with only the basic gear while not wearing the exoskeleton.
And again... You can't get vehicles to every place where you need soldiers who in turn need increased mobility.