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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.10.10 15:29:00 -
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Or you could call it a Starship Troopers or Iron Man suit. Not sure what useful application it would have, other than armor protection and the "carrying large loads" the article mentions.
The US Army is working to develop "revolutionary" smart armour that would give its troops "superhuman strength".
It is calling on the technology industry, government labs and academia to help build the Iron Man-style suit.
Other exoskeletons that allow soldiers to carry large loads much further have already been tested by the army.
The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (Talos) would have such a frame but would also have layers of smart materials fitted with sensors.
The suit would also need to have wide-area networking and a wearable computer similar to Google Glass, the US Army said. Increase strength
It should be made of smart material fitted with sensors to monitor body temperature, heart rate and hydration levels.
BBC: US Army plans 'Iron Man' armour for soldiers |
Micheal Dietrich
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Posted - 2013.10.10 16:36:00 -
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Quote:Large robot
In an interview with US news site NPR, MIT professor Gareth McKinley compared the futuristic armour to that seen in Hollywood films.
"It sounds exactly like Iron Man," he said.
"The other kind of things that you see in the movies... would be the kind of external suit that Sigourney Weaver wears in Aliens, where it's a large robot that amplifies the motions and lifting capability of a human."
The aim is the get the Talos armour out in the field within three years.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.10.10 17:18:00 -
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Wait, the Japan Self Defense Force already has one |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.10.10 17:46:00 -
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Oh Japan.
And yes all SF ever is coming true.
Now wheres my man carry able railgun??? "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
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Grimpak
Duty. The Cursed Few
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Posted - 2013.10.10 17:56:00 -
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Graygor wrote:Oh Japan. And yes all SF ever is coming true. Now wheres my man carry able railgun??? hmm.. how about a coil gun? [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
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Kitty Bear
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Posted - 2013.10.10 19:25:00 -
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sorry Grim, but this is a coil gun
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Pius Rova
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Posted - 2013.10.10 19:47:00 -
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What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose?
Something like this? |
Mudkest
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Posted - 2013.10.10 21:31:00 -
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Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose?
nah, more like this |
Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.10.10 21:57:00 -
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Mudkest wrote:Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose?
nah, more like this I never saw Running Man. Was it as bad as it looks from that 30 seconds? |
Zimmy Zeta
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.10.10 22:10:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Mudkest wrote:Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose?
nah, more like this I never saw Running Man. Was it as bad as it looks from that 30 seconds?
I actually like the movie back in the late eighties/ early nineties. But I guess today, too much of the dystopian media satire has already become reality, so maybe the movie wouldn't have quite the same impact on you now. Just think of how bad an average post by me is, and then realize half of them are even worse |
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Kyseth
Touring New Eden
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Posted - 2013.10.10 22:17:00 -
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I liked running man...
I have been expecting the army to get onto something like this for a while now. I'm really surprised we don't have more technically advanced (as we commonly have seen in sci/fi for years) military suits and gear. I mean, where are our tesla coil toting shock troopers a la CnC: Red Alert? |
Pius Rova
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.10.10 22:25:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Mudkest wrote:Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose?
nah, more like this I never saw Running Man. Was it as bad as it looks from that 30 seconds?
Not Running Man, Robocop.
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stoicfaux
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Posted - 2013.10.10 22:40:00 -
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Note to self: develop cheap, man-portable, throw-away, tactical EMP device.
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Mudkest
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Posted - 2013.10.11 09:12:00 -
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Kyseth wrote:I liked running man...
I have been expecting the army to get onto something like this for a while now. I'm really surprised we don't have more technically advanced (as we commonly have seen in sci/fi for years) military suits and gear. I mean, where are our tesla coil toting shock troopers a la CnC: Red Alert?
considering the way cellphones are developing, I doubt you'd get more then 1 zap off before the battery goes flat, if even that
Also I'm not sure about all this more high-tech army development. Imagine "smart" guns. Soldier lays in ambush, enemy walks past, soldier aims gun at enemy and pulls the trigger and then a pop-up shows; You have pulled the trigger. Would you like to? a: Kill the enemy b: scare teh crap out of him c: call hq on advice what to do next?
or "this gun made an improbable aim. Press ctrl+alt+trigger to reboot" |
Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.10.11 14:20:00 -
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Mudkest wrote:Kyseth wrote:I liked running man...
I have been expecting the army to get onto something like this for a while now. I'm really surprised we don't have more technically advanced (as we commonly have seen in sci/fi for years) military suits and gear. I mean, where are our tesla coil toting shock troopers a la CnC: Red Alert? considering the way cellphones are developing, I doubt you'd get more then 1 zap off before the battery goes flat, if even that Also I'm not sure about all this more high-tech army development. Imagine "smart" guns. Soldier lays in ambush, enemy walks past, soldier aims gun at enemy and pulls the trigger and then a pop-up shows; You have pulled the trigger. Would you like to? a: Kill the enemy b: scare teh crap out of him c: call hq on advice what to do next? or "this gun made an improbable aim. Press ctrl+alt+trigger to reboot" I'm not so sure about all the high tech stuff either, especially for infantry. It would probably takes 10 guys to supply and maintain one guy in a mech suit. And cost as much in resources as, who knows, may 20-30 regular infantry. Does that ultimately mean that, in all the reality of a real combat situation (where you almost always have less than the amount of forces you need), he's end up having to try to do the job of two to three infantry squads? If it's a small wars situation, and you're facing lots of guys with cheap AKs and RPGs, are you better off with a few high tech soldiers or more low tech soldiers?
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Slade Trillgon
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Posted - 2013.10.11 15:06:00 -
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Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose? Something like this?
I always laughed my arse off at the fact that the robot sounded like it was one of the those dinosaurs that fell on its back in one of those 70's-80's movies about prehistoric man.
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Graygor
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Posted - 2013.10.11 15:06:00 -
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Honestly more low tech soldiers. A few high tech soldiers are great for surgical jobs. But they suck for occupations and take and hold.
Information overload gets men killed.
Thats why the IDF still mostly look low tech but have a lot of high tech available to the officers to relay, but the average foot slogger hasnt changed much in 20 years.
I figure programs like this one are mostly for these kinds of development companies to get cushy government contracts, make the suits then have the politicians that paying $150k per suit is too expensive.
Exactly like in the new batman movies. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commisar Kate |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.10.11 15:07:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose? Something like this? I always laughed my arse off at the fact that the robot sounded like it was one of the those dinosaurs that fell on its back in one of those 70's-80's movies about prehistoric man.
Hey, ED209 was awesome! "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commisar Kate |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.10.11 15:09:00 -
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Zimmy Zeta wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Mudkest wrote:Pius Rova wrote:What happens when said soldier wearing bulky exoskeleton suit with various electronic sensors and computers and hydraulics and such is hit with a fire hose?
nah, more like this I never saw Running Man. Was it as bad as it looks from that 30 seconds? I actually liked the movie back in the late eighties/ early nineties. But I guess today, too much of the dystopian media satire has already become reality, so maybe the movie wouldn't have quite the same impact on you now.
This. The movie is similar in taste to Videodrone. Running man is based on a short story by Stephen King so it has a solid foundation, but as Zimi said it may have lost some of its impact as 'it' has become reality.... of sorts that is as we are not quite to the point where we are actually selling outright death matches to the public. |
Commissar Kate
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Posted - 2013.10.11 15:21:00 -
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Looks like a cool and ambitious project. Not to mention expensive.
But the real question is. Can it stop AK-47s , RPGs and IED's?
This project kind of reminds me of the turd that is the F-35. |
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Eli Green
The Arrow Project
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Posted - 2013.10.11 17:14:00 -
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stoicfaux wrote:Note to self: develop cheap, man-portable, throw-away, tactical EMP device.
Just as long as you don't aim it too high. wumbo |
Mirajane Cromwell
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Posted - 2013.10.11 18:17:00 -
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They are also making the first "terminators" ie. Petman as seen in this video. Then there's also the WildCat, Legged Squad support system, Cheetah, Atlas and so on. So I think the exoskeleton systems will become quite redundant in near future as eventually they put weapons on these robots and give them AI so that humans aren't needed anymore for front line combat... |
mama guru
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Posted - 2013.10.11 18:39:00 -
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Commissar Kate wrote:Looks like a cool and ambitious project. Not to mention expensive.
But the real question is. Can it stop AK-47s , RPGs and IED's?
This project kind of reminds me of the turd that is the F-35.
Nanosuits won't get you nationalized healthcare either. ______
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Mudkest
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Posted - 2013.10.11 19:14:00 -
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mama guru wrote:Commissar Kate wrote:Looks like a cool and ambitious project. Not to mention expensive.
But the real question is. Can it stop AK-47s , RPGs and IED's?
This project kind of reminds me of the turd that is the F-35. Nanosuits won't get you nationalized healthcare either.
can allow cripples to walk to put it bluntly. Expensive, definitely, bulky, most likely. But then so were the first pace makers.
As for usefulness in combat situation, alternative for a battle tank in dense urban environment? instead of having to blow up a building to get rid of some insurgents using a tank or artillery, you can send in one guy in a "tank-suit" and turn the building merely condemnable. |
Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.10.11 19:29:00 -
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Hmm... It does sound like it could be useful in an urban environment. Or as a mobile armored suit for a human soldier dispatching/controlling the combat robots Mirajane mentioned. Or possibly as protection for a bomb disposal robot operator. If it's a intensely dangerous situation that you want to send robots into, and want to have a human controlling them or at least watching them, a powered armored suit might be useful.
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Shey Nabali
The Bastards Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2013.10.11 22:23:00 -
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As a soldier, I'm not terribly optimistic about projects like this. When I think about the places where we typicaly fight. (Dry, hot and dusty deserts, and hot humid jungles.) I'm reminded of how very very poorly sensitive electronics and computers and hydraulics tend to fare in EXACTLY those conditions.
Ya, high tech stuff is cool, and CAN be very usefull, but this **** just screams unreliable and maintenance nightmare. |
Tanesha Kring
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.10.13 10:07:00 -
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Shey Nabali wrote:As a soldier, I'm not terribly optimistic about projects like this. When I think about the places where we typicaly fight. (Dry, hot and dusty deserts, and hot humid jungles.) I'm reminded of how very very poorly sensitive electronics and computers and hydraulics tend to fare in EXACTLY those conditions.
Ya, high tech stuff is cool, and CAN be very usefull, but this **** just screams unreliable and maintenance nightmare.
Which is also why if this gets adopted, it would most likely be limited to a support and supply role on a base or maybe used for static artillery crews. It would be a boon in those roles while also being easily replaced by ole fashioned manpower when it fails. |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.10.15 07:19:00 -
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Tanesha Kring wrote:Shey Nabali wrote:As a soldier, I'm not terribly optimistic about projects like this. When I think about the places where we typicaly fight. (Dry, hot and dusty deserts, and hot humid jungles.) I'm reminded of how very very poorly sensitive electronics and computers and hydraulics tend to fare in EXACTLY those conditions.
Ya, high tech stuff is cool, and CAN be very usefull, but this **** just screams unreliable and maintenance nightmare. Which is also why if this gets adopted, it would most likely be limited to a support and supply role on a base or maybe used for static artillery crews. It would be a boon in those roles while also being easily replaced by ole fashioned manpower when it fails.
Theres a good point in that.
Worst part of being a tanker was breaking down the ammo pallets for the shot locker. Some kind of suit might make that a lot more comfortable.
And ss for heavy artillery... those guys will love that.
A sustained artillery barrage is a hell of a work out. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
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Mudkest
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Posted - 2013.10.15 15:24:00 -
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Graygor wrote:
A sustained artillery barrage is a hell of a work out.
and I suddenly have a picture in my head of Asterix and Obelix throwing big rocks at roman legions :s |
Commissar Kate
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Posted - 2013.10.15 15:47:00 -
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Gray, did your tanks have autoloaders? |
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