Armed exoskeleton from sarcos'a becomes frightening reality
The exoskeleton is a device designed to enhance the muscular efforts of a person at the expense of the external frame. The exoskeleton repeats human biomechanics for a proportional increase in effort during movements. The main direction of development of exoskeletons, apparently, military (the desire for a combination of the firepower of the tank, which means a large weight of weapons and protection, with the mobility and size of a person).
Such exoskeletons in the future will be able to turn an ordinary soldier into a death machine, similar to the "terminator."
On November 12, 2007, the American company Raytheon, a major supplier of the US military, bought the company Sarcos . Sacros develops robotics, researches and develops technologies in the advanced field of microelectromechanical systems (micro-electro mechanical systems). Together with Sarcos, they got a huge research potential in the field of robotics technology. For years, Sarcos worked for the US military to develop exoskeletons that radically increase the strength of the soldiers. There are 73,000 employees worldwide at Rayton. In 2006, sales of $ 23.3 billion were made. Over 90% of the company's revenue comes from defense orders. The company provides the US military with modern electronics, command, communication and intellectual control systems. Soon the provision of robots can be added to this list. :) ')
A little more video with the development of sarcos (videos are obsolete).