Real life Iron Man: suit that amplifies strength and endurance

Real life Iron Man: suit that amplifies strength and endurance - Image 1It won’t protect you from missiles, but it will allow you to bench press 500 pounds. A new exoskeleton suit being developed for Army use magnifies human strength and endurance by as much as 20 times. Check out the full article for a video of the suit in action.

It doesn’t fly and shoot flames, and it doesn’t come in hotrod red, but this new exoskeleton suit does magnify human strength and endurance by as much as 20 times. It could even serve as an early version of the Iron Man suit.

The suit is being developed by Sarcos Inc., a robotics firm under contract with the US Army. The suit is hoped to be used in combat in the future (Gundam, anyone?), but for now it’s only being used for hauling heavy equipment.

For now, the suit has too many disadvantages for it to be practical in war. For one thing, it’s expensive. Also, the suit is a tad slow (as you’ll see from the video below). Perhaps its biggest disadvantage is its battery power, which only lasts 30 minutes.

Fun fact: the firm developing the suit was also the company that developed the robotic dinosaurs for the Jurassic Park theme ride in Universal Studios. Cool, eh? Check out a video of the exoskeleton suit in action below.

Via CNN

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