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Commercial Exoskeletons

Posted by Zonk on from the whirrr-stomp-whirrr-stomp dept.

FalconZero writes "For those of you with superhuman aspirations, your dream may be a step closer; New Scientist (recently) and the Japan Times (last year) covered Yoshiyuki Sankai's work at the University of Tsukuba in Japan developing powered exoskeletons with commercial versions expected soon costing between $14,000 and $19,000 (£7,500-£10,000). Other work with exoskeletons previously covered here(1), here(2) and here(3)."

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  1. BLEEX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Berkeley has some videos of their BLEEX (Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton) Project on their web page.

    Video

    I swear that guy in the video is the Star Wars kid, if was making robot noises with his mouth he would have me convinced.