Ever since I watched Iron Man for the first time back when
it first came out, I have been waiting for the day when the world took
its cue from Tony Stark and built a suit worthy of the Marvel hero.
While robotic suits and exoskeletons have been talked about for a long
time, especially in conjunction with military warfare, we really don’t
see many people regularly using them in day to day life. But some of the
Daewoo shipyards in South Korea have been using robotic suits for a while, and it’s really helping their worker’s productivity.
As long as a worker is between 63 and 73 inches tall, they can wear a
robotic exoskeleton that enhances their own strength to grant them
super strength. The suit itself weighs around 60 pounds, and is
comprised of hydraulics, carbon, steel, and aluminum alloy. As long as
someone is wearing the suit, they can lift an additional 70 pounds with
no added difficulty. In a lofty goal, it is hoped the suits will be able
to lift up to 200 pounds sometime in the days to come.
These suits will power up a worker for 3 hours before they need to be
recharged, which is obviously well short of an entire work day. Perhaps
in the future they’ll be able to last a whole day before the batteries
drain. But look at the bright side – for 3 hours, they’ve pretty well
got an employee with super-strength. I wonder how many “human” hands one
exoskeleton replaces.
Can you imagine what it’d be like to wear one of these suits? Let us
know your thoughts regarding this story in the comments section below!
source-tech beat
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