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Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:14 pm
by trufun202
I found this quite interesting...


Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:00 pm
by deryni21
this is going to have the NWO fanatics in an uproar

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:01 pm
by LeonBlade
I would have to say this isn't going anywhere based on the time frame the video stated.

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:17 pm
by MarauderIIC
Hmm. How much does the skeleton weigh? How does it manage to "negate the payload", exactly, I wonder? Does it say, lift up on your feet when you lift (when it's not being pushed on)? If so, what does it push against in order to lift? It seems like the user might be the most available thing to push against. Although you could spring load it, you would have to allow for the springs to be stretched again without any effort, and so that wouldn't be any good.

Why didn't I see the guy with 150 pounds running? If it negates it, running with 50 pounds doesn't tell me much, maybe he was an army dude.

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:39 pm
by avansc
he just looks like fucking forrest gump. what a piece of shit.
berkley can suck my ramaining testicle.

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:14 pm
by deryni21
avansc wrote:he just looks like fucking forrest gump. what a piece of shit.
berkley can suck my ramaining testicle.
twisted testicles?

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:13 pm
by dandymcgee
Yeah I don't really see how it helps, the guy carrying the weights on his back is all hunched over. The demo wasn't very informative. And they were bragging how quickly it could be removed, but it took the guy like 25 seconds to get it off and fold it up, more than enough time to get shot in the field if attempting to run away while wearing it.

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:06 pm
by MarauderIIC
If you're getting shot you just dump the backpack.

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:35 pm
by wtetzner
MarauderIIC wrote:Hmm. How much does the skeleton weigh? How does it manage to "negate the payload", exactly, I wonder? Does it say, lift up on your feet when you lift (when it's not being pushed on)? If so, what does it push against in order to lift? It seems like the user might be the most available thing to push against. Although you could spring load it, you would have to allow for the springs to be stretched again without any effort, and so that wouldn't be any good.

Why didn't I see the guy with 150 pounds running? If it negates it, running with 50 pounds doesn't tell me much, maybe he was an army dude.
I don't actually know how it works, but from what I've read about similar projects, it uses servos at the joints, and it detects your movements, so the exoskeleton moves with you. It's like having a pair of robotic legs that exactly follow your movements. So the weight on the backpack is held up by the robotic legs, the person just sort of moves along inside of it.

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:53 pm
by MarauderIIC
I see. So it just uses the user to balance against (otherwise you'd have a full walking robot there).

Re: Berkeley Bionics Human Exoskeleton

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:45 pm
by eatcomics
wtetzner wrote:
MarauderIIC wrote:Hmm. How much does the skeleton weigh? How does it manage to "negate the payload", exactly, I wonder? Does it say, lift up on your feet when you lift (when it's not being pushed on)? If so, what does it push against in order to lift? It seems like the user might be the most available thing to push against. Although you could spring load it, you would have to allow for the springs to be stretched again without any effort, and so that wouldn't be any good.

Why didn't I see the guy with 150 pounds running? If it negates it, running with 50 pounds doesn't tell me much, maybe he was an army dude.
I don't actually know how it works, but from what I've read about similar projects, it uses servos at the joints, and it detects your movements, so the exoskeleton moves with you. It's like having a pair of robotic legs that exactly follow your movements. So the weight on the backpack is held up by the robotic legs, the person just sort of moves along inside of it.
the army has a full exoskeleton suit in development, so you can walk with or lift heavy objects...