The HULC exo-skeleton, Lockheed Martin’s prototype heavy lifter for infantry troops in the field, has its battery and is now ready for human trials. If they’re successful, field tests could be close on their heels. More »
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MJDeviant
Neat!
That video could have been 30 seconds though. I scanned forward to see if he throws a car or anything, and he doesn’t.
tomsomething
@FordGTGuy: In the Haloverse…yes, but for the real world a suit that looks just like that has relatively ok bulletproofing and HUD functionality could probably be made today. Ya know, for the fanboys.
DangerousDac175
@FordGTGuy: Excellent novelizations–I’m on book two…
Stem_Sell
This is awesome!
This is totally the future.
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Barry Zuckerkorn
@Bluecold: Hey Master Chief–yer perineum looks *waaaaaay* vulnerable, dude!
Stem_Sell
What’s with the music ????
Tommy Præst Møller
Kill two birds with one stone: remove all the frame struts and replace them with armor pieces that close around their respective body parts, and presto! A cool looking, armored, structurally sound exo-suit like we all dream about. Therefore less equipment for our soldiers to lug around in the sand, and an outfit that will make the terrorists shit themselves when the fight comes.
Ducttape-Guru
@Bluecold:
We couldn’t use MJLONIR as normal humans that tried it in the novel smashes their bones from the amount of force the armor would move with. Also the armor moved from commands for the wearers brain.
FordGTGuy
They never really showed the guy running. Kind of pointless to carry guns when you can only move so slowly that you’re a sitting duck. Also, are they creating safeguards so that when the soldier falls forward he is not going to be crushed by 200lbs of equipment? I don’t think the average wrists can withstand that kind of weight on a fall.
indy360
@Bluecold: That would be a sight to see and the tech is there to make a bulletproof armor like that.
maythetechbewithyou
@Stem_Sell: Between this and DARPA’s new prosthetic arms, we may just have a chance against the terminators after all!
Grindhouse Murders
Now there’s hope that I’ll be able to play football when I’m 90.
BiggieShorty
@uhohzombies: No war is an excuse for the government to take your hard earned money spend it on whatever military industrial complex lobbyists want.
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
“One small step for man–
One HULCing hop for me!”
Stem_Sell
@Maave: by the fact that they said “testing will also assess how quickly users learn to use the HULC system” I don’t think it’s a piece of cake… but if it comes with ice cream and hot brownies I’m willing to bet it can become useful for those heavy loads… except the part where I’m wondering if this wouldn’t hinder soldiers ability to get out of the way or run away quickly… unless these are the guys that are going to be waaaaay in the back just carrying crap for the rest of the team…
RockstarAgent
It wasn’t too long ago (or maybe still) that we couldn’t even give all of our guys proper kevlar. I don’t see this being wide-spread in the military any time soon.
Grindhouse Murders
Think of the civilian applications! One step closer to heavy loader technology, a la “Aliens” or “Avatar”. War really does drive innovation. Sad, but true.
uhohzombies
For a second I read this as “HULU Exoskeleton”… lol. But I can’t help but think about the court scene from Iron Man 2
lbberkeley
@sethcollie: lol oh sh*t! my bad!
god…every just….just ignore the above post….
gosh i’m a shmuck
junior ghoul
So when do we get those suits marines have in StarCraft2 ?
Einbrecher
Get back to me when we have the HULCBUSTER.
bigtimes
HULC NOT HAPPY !
HULC AAAANGRY !
HULC SMAAAASH !
*smashes*
Dr. Nemmo
Not quite. But getting there.
Bluecold
@Almightywhacko: Nah, the Green Goblin would just swoop in and blow it up during the testing phase.
Grindhouse Murders
Add a few guns, missiles, lasers and rockets and you’ve got yourself a mechwarrior!
midnightz
Seriously the video didn’t need to be over 7 minutes long, I got the point within 2 minutes.
But, what a neat suit!
zirra
@junior ghoul: they already have that.
its called iron man duh
sethcollie
When do we get the one that flies and can rip tanks apart with its bare mechanical hands?
Honestly its cool that that leg exo skeleton helps carry loads, but people won’t really be interested until an armored soldier suit is ready for action.
Almightywhacko
Am I the only one who loses respect for a product when they release a demo video with cheesy guitar rifts and high school after effects editing, such as dropping the frame rate to 2 fps.
jackslackofselfrespect
“HULC, or Human Universal Load Carrier”
I honestly think that if or when this tech winds up being embedded into the soliders suit armor and is applied to the arms as well that power armor or ‘super’ armor might be a better name given that it would be protective gear which amplifies said wearers capabilities. Also, if they start adding all their other gear to this device, it’ll be more than just a load carrier.
of course names are all but meaningless, and this is probably one of the more pointless posts i’ve done in a while. Still though…I just can’t stop thinking about the day when such suits go from theoretical and trails like it is now, to commonplace.
also…did anyone else have problems playing the video? I could only get it to properly play directly on wired’s site.
junior ghoul
That’s sweet, finally a working portable exoskeleton. I wonder how natural it is to walk in one
Maave
One step closer to Space Marine power armor. Emperor willing.
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