1967. GE built a powered exoskeleton. 🦾💪

Hardiman. Hydraulic. Amplified strength 25x. Could lift a car (or close to it).

The catch? It weighed 680kg (1,500 lbs). The full version would have topped 1,000kg. Too heavy. Too ahead of its time.

Never deployed. But it proved the core tech: hydraulics, force feedback.

The Iron Man prototype from the analog era.

#GEHardiman #Exoskeleton #1967Tech #HydraulicPower #GE #MilitaryTech #RetroFuture

Hypershell X Ultra S Review: The Best Exoskeleton Yet

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/hypershell-x-ultra-s/

Do Exoskeletons Actually Work? Testing the Hypershell X Ultra

#Hypershell #Exoskeleton #HikingGear #OutdoorTech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKbRoOAT9MI

#QuizOfTheDay: An #Exoskeleton is the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to the internal skeleton (endoskeleton).

Which animals have both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton?

A. Human
B. Tortoise
C. Grasshoppers
D. Snakes

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=616ebd5d8ac7b83437a37c94

did you know there are already passive-elastic and powered exoskeletons that you can buy to help you lift heavier stuff?

we looked into it at work a while ago and gave the logistics folks in the warehouse a bunch of these, I figured the fediverse needed to hear about the existence of these because I hadn't really realized they already existed in industrial and well tested widely used forms

Examples:
- https://www.festoolusa.com/campaigns/microsites/exoactive

- https://corporate.ottobock.com/en/media/media-information/exoskeletons

#Exoskeleton #PowerArmor

Ukraine becomes the first military in the world to deploy exoskeleton technologies on the battlefield.

Artillery crews need to lift heavy shells all day. They now get locally developed exoskeletons reducing muscle load by 30%.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zOEi567auVw

Ps. Experimental US army exoskeletons cost hundreds of thousands. Ukraine’s system costs a couple of thousand.

#nafo #ukraine #military #technology #exoskeleton

#KnowledgeByte: An #Exosuit, often used interchangeably with #Exoskeleton, is a wearable, external device that supports, augments, or enhances the user's physical capabilities, motion, or posture through mechanical interaction and force application to the body.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Exosuit-69140f2f7624258057cef1e1

China has successfully created its first exoskeleton robot system specifically designed for complex mine environments, marking a significant step toward "human-machine collaborative" rescue operations.

#China #Exoskeleton

http://www.csec.com/zgshwwEn/jtyw/202603/1104722fff7e468eab3a415961970191.shtml

I keep hearing about some site called #Moltbook. Is this the sort of content that should be posted there?

#Spiders #Exoskeleton