Japan Displays Prototype Robot Suit

anaesthetica writes "A project at Tsukuba University has produced a battery-powered robot suit designed to aid the wearer in strength-related tasks, like lifting heavy objects. The suit also has the capability of propelling itself, which is potentially useful for helping the handicapped or elderly walk. The optimistic professor who lead the project stated, 'Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in the near future.'"

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Using this technology for warfare.

[CyricZ]

How soon until various nations around the world start using technology such as this during attacks on other sovereign nations? Something like this could come in very handy when struggling against freedom fighters who employ roadside explosives and other such guerilla tactics.