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Offline crockett

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« on: November 25, 2007, 08:01:49 AM »
This is pretty dam cool. We will soon have real life robotic soldiers.

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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2007, 08:29:07 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2007, 09:12:36 AM »
That is pretty cool. Don't know if soldiers will be equipped with them soon but it does seem to be inevitable.
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2007, 09:55:43 AM »
Pretty neat.

Now they just need to miniaturize the bulkyness of the components off, make it EMP resistant and do something about the hands.

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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2007, 10:40:14 AM »
That's old. Imagine the experimental stuff.  :)
Man, that even looks pretty antiquated.. steam punk sort of stuff.  Miniaturize indeed.
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« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2007, 11:30:55 AM »
I missed Sergeant Zim, anyone else have better luck finding him? Also where are the tactical nukes,  rocket launchers and the flamer? Oh, this must only be a scout suit. Can't wait until the marauder comes out.

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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2007, 11:46:17 AM »
Someone call Caterpillar, let's see these on carriers and air force bases assisting w/ ammo reloading.
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 11:50:26 AM »
Something like that would also be great for a paraplegic or even a quad as long as they had any muscle control at all.
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« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2007, 11:51:12 AM »
Also, a supervillain.
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« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2007, 12:02:44 PM »
That thing will use up power so quickly that they would have to replace the
battery every 30 to 60 mins.  either that or it will have to be attached to
some kind of generator, which would limit it's ability to go anywhere.  It
might have some use in a supply role, but until they come up with a power
source that doesn't have to be replinished so quickly it will never be used
by the common foot soldier..

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« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2007, 12:14:16 PM »
It just needs to be portable enough that it can be carried between engagements and useful enough in combat that it's worth carrying.

If you think THIS is impractical, take a look at the first airplane.  The first Wright-Flyer would have been absolutely worthless on the battlefield, but some folks would agree that modern fixed wing military aircraft are not entirely without their uses today.  It's an R&D device.
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« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2007, 02:10:30 PM »
even with it's portability issues, I can think of a million uses for this thing in reguards to air craft mait.  All the things that require multiple people, forklifts, and cranes can be replaced or greatly scaled down.  Pallet loading on aircraft could become completly antiquaited.

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« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2007, 02:23:16 PM »
If nothing else,  the extra strength could, everything else remaining the same, carry lots of armor and/or power supply hardware.
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« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2007, 04:22:02 PM »
Even tethered to an external power pack, this could really benefit supply movement.  With the proper grappler appendages, one dude and a generator could offload a LOT of heavy supplies without assistance even in hot or otherwise adverse weather conditions.  That's a big deal.  Replacing a 12 man work gang with a couple guys (or even small women... it won't matter) wearing these suits could make a big difference in many situations.

The biggest limitation I see is one of pure mechanical leverage.  I don't care how strong the exoskeleton is, you still have to have a stable base to lift stuff from otherwise you tip over.  But for repeated movement of small/heavy items like those ammo cans and other items where you have to lift from almost directly below such as missile loading, this may be perfect.
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« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2007, 04:30:45 PM »
Needs a hot sweaty Ripley manning it tbh.