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Robotic Suit Gives Shipyard Workers Super Strength

Posted by samzenpus on from the power-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes Ship-builders Daewoo have been testing robotic exoskeletons in South Korean shipyards that provide the wearer with super-human strength. From the article: "The exoskeleton fits anyone between 160 and 185 centimetres tall. Workers do not feel the weight of its 28-kilogram frame of carbon, aluminium alloy and steel, as the suit supports itself and is engineered to follow the wearer's movements. With a 3-hour battery life, the exoskeleton allows users to walk at a normal pace and, in its prototype form, it can lift objects with a mass of up to 30 kilograms."

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  1. How do you say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..."Get away from her, you bitch" in Korean?

    1. Re:How do you say... by mythosaz · · Score: 3, Funny

      geunyeo hanteseo tteol-eojyeo, dangsin-eun nappeun!

      I'm only posting this so that someone corrects me.

    2. Re:How do you say... by Spy+Handler · · Score: 5, Informative

      "geunyeo hanteseo tteol-eojyeo" - "Get away from her" --> This is correct.

      "dangsin-eun nappeun!" - this is wrong, it means "You are a bad person" and it's in the polite form even.

      "Geh sek ki ya" would be more appropriate, it's a commonly used expletive meaning "dog offspring".

  2. Only geeks... by funwithBSD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    would consider lifting 30Kg to be superhuman.

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    1. Re:Only geeks... by MozeeToby · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Now go out and lift it once per minute for 3 hours and see how you feel.

    2. Re:Only geeks... by OzPeter · · Score: 3, Insightful

      would consider lifting 30Kg to be superhuman.

      And from TFA the target is 100kg Try lifting *that* more than a few times and see how you go.

      I feel sorry for you that the amazing super-strength exoskeleton capable of lifting 1000 kg, and able to run all day didn't just spring into existence at the snap of your fingers. It really must be tough living in that fantasy world where research and development don't take time and resources.

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    3. Re: Only geeks... by Jeremi · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Prototype, people, it's a prototype.

      I'm all for alien-crushing super-robot strength too, just not while the software is still in beta :^)

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  3. No SCV comments? by rogoshen1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm disappointed in the Slashdot of today. All of these comments, and not one person making wise about Koreans playing Starcraft and deciding to develop their own SCV's.