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Starship Troopers closer to reality:
Robotic powered exoskeletons for soldiers
will be delivered to the U.S. Army for testing in 2008.
What’s it like to wear one?
Main tried it out himself recently. “It makes you feel really, really strong. You get the sensation that you have a lot of strength. I sort of felt like The Hulk and I’m a skinny guy. I wore a 100-pound weight on my back and it felt I was carrying nothing like that amount,” he says. And he was only wearing the lower body – the legs and back support section.
Once the legs are mated to the powered arms, the full “powerloader” exoskeleton will be even stronger. “The upper body portion has arms that can hold a 40-pound weight at arms length for three minutes,” Main says.
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