Comments for "Robotic exoskeleton makes for real-life RoboCop" Video at VideoSift.com

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://www.videosift.com/member/kronosposeidon) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:49:46 -0800

Beat me by 1 hr and 23 minutes, arvana. **a tear**

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:54:18 -0800

Sorry dude. ~~I'm still not sure this isn't a dupe anyway.~~

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:06:26 -0800

So sorry downvoted by mistake in main listing

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:08:44 -0800

Aaaargh, now it's doomed to the bottom of the pile!

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:54:30 -0800

Thanks. You just made me nerdgasm myself.

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:52:36 -0800

*requeue

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:52:37 -0800

Re-queueing this video for one more try; last queued Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 7:24pm PST - requeue requested by submitter arvana.

By 8588

8588 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8588) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:06:35 -0800

Wow! Really impressive! Upvoted! But the main problem is the same in every new technology.... the batteries.

By conan

conan (http://www.videosift.com/member/conan) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:45:34 -0800

Hmm i wonder how the exosceleton decides how much force to put into certain movements. How does the computer know that he's supposed to shake the hand instead of crushing it?

And besides: Those guys aren't the first ones who tried that sort of thing. But who knows, maybe they are the ones to finally succeed...

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:42:53 -0800

Wow - even though it needs a constant power supply right now, it's still useful as hell! Loading aircraft with munitions, working in warehouses, lifting patients in hospitals - the uses of this thing are endless. Hell, they would be great in field artillery for moving the projectiles around (minimum 95 lbs.) and moving the howitzers (16,000 lbs).

By Fade

Fade (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fade) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:26:43 -0800

w00t, Robert Heinleins vision for starship troopers finally becomes a reality.

By MycroftHomlz

MycroftHomlz (http://www.videosift.com/member/MycroftHomlz) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:43:08 -0800

Noooooo.....Skynet..

By messenger

messenger (http://www.videosift.com/member/messenger) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:14:56 -0800

Did it say it needed a constant supply? I just heard that it was tethered as a precaution, you know, Skynet and all that.

By messenger

messenger (http://www.videosift.com/member/messenger) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:15:41 -0800

Hey Mom, you know Christmas is coming up, and I was just looking at this nifty thing on the Sift, and well...

By sillma

sillma (http://www.videosift.com/member/sillma) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:07:02 -0800

I want one for christmas too

By fizziks

fizziks (http://www.videosift.com/member/fizziks) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:19:48 -0800

Sarcos is pretty cool place. I got a tour of their research facility by the guy near the end of the video (Steve Jacobsen) and saw the exoskeleton in person. It's just as bad ass as you can imagine. One interesting note, at the time they had no restraints which would stop you from punching yourself... which might leave a bruise.

They are working on some awesome stuff boys and girls.

By bhyphenlow

bhyphenlow (http://www.videosift.com/member/bhyphenlow) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:30:09 -0800

Dead or alive, you're coming with me.

By Arsenault185

Arsenault185 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Arsenault185) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:56:54 -0800

Like MG said, even though it is tethered, thats only a problem if you want to have soldiers wearing these things non stop in the field. But when a soldier works in a area where tethering is possible, i.e. warehouses and stuff.. wow. I can think of a slew of uses this thing has.

By Crosswords

Crosswords (http://www.videosift.com/member/Crosswords) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:20:34 -0800

"I want one for christmas too"

Seconded, it'd be for getting work done. I wouldn't play with the thing for days on end at all I swear, certainly wouldn't use it for evil.

By Lethin

Lethin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Lethin) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:23:40 -0800

If they designed it to learn how to walk (or do other things) and move from the humans input then this could very well change a lot.

looks like it has handles, could monitor input like a joystick, if the handle is moving forward in relation to where the arm is, the Exoskele ups the power on the arm? thats how i'd have done it at least. Next stop exo-squad!

By AnimalsForCrackers

AnimalsForCrackers (http://www.videosift.com/member/AnimalsForCrackers) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:46:59 -0800

Get away from her you BITCH!

By legacy0100

legacy0100 (http://www.videosift.com/member/legacy0100) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:11:15 -0800

*geek-rage

Robocop was a cyborg, not exoskeleton. His missing body parts were replaced by machine parts, including pieces of his brain.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:11:15 -0800

Invocations (geek) cannot be called by legacy0100 because legacy0100 is not privileged - sorry.

By fizziks

fizziks (http://www.videosift.com/member/fizziks) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:14:34 -0800

Lethin & Conan: The exoskelton hasn't been "taught" how to walk, or how firmly to grasp certain objects. It is quite literally an Amplifier of human movement.

There are no joysticks to control it's movement. You step inside, and it reacts to your movements naturally. Think of it like the accelerator in your car: the harder you press it the faster you go, and you are able to interpolate how hard you should press to maintain a certain speed. This is much more complicated obviously as it's monitoring all your movements and if the measurements are wrong, things can ... go badly... But if done properly, the operator should be able to accurately control how hard he/she wants to grasp, punch, kick, pull, etc very naturally.

RE: Batteries. They already have it working on batteries, and remember the operator won't be the one carrying them around, they will be supported by the exoskeleton. Problem: they only last 15-minutes, and much like our lovely laptops, cellphones and iPods, have been known to be potentially... volatile.

By Mgshadow

Mgshadow (http://www.videosift.com/member/Mgshadow) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:43:03 -0800

Bad ass!!!
Can i even say that?

By dystopianfuturetoday

dystopianfuturetoday (http://www.videosift.com/member/dystopianfuturetoday) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:14:35 -0800

More Aliens than Robocop. Very cool tho....

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:17:39 -0700

Tags for this video have been changed from 'mechanical, assist, sarcos, halo' to 'mechanical, assist, sarcos, halo, raytheon, iron man' - edited by therealblankman