Video: The XOS Exoskeleton in Action

See a live test of the real-life Iron Man suit

Iron Man's fictional tech may soon become real. Inside a mountain lab, researchers have already built motorized suits that give ordinary people superhuman strength.


We've told you all about the Raytheon Sarcos XOS exoskeleton, the smart suit of armor that endows its wearer with super-human strength. Now see it in action, and meet the minds behind both Iron Men—real, and imaginary.

For more on the XOS, check out Gregory Mone's cover story XOS here.

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woot

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Now all they need r repulsors and a huge electromagnet in their chest.Lol ^-^

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wow. i can't wait until they refine it. Think of the Microfibers in action! The possibility of Jumpjets!

Asian of Domination

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Awesome, but they could do some things to make it better, the arms since they arent form fitting im willing to bet that it isnt particularly comfordable for a person to use the suit, and for the flying portion, instead of going with the in the legs version that ironman used, wouldnt it be better to make a kind of detachible pack with wings that house all the flight systems and then the controls for the engines and whatnot could be combined into the hand portions so taht its kind of like there are 2 joysticks that the person would control with their thumbs and would use rather similarly to a remotecontrol helecopter only minus the torque issues with the rotors and having to monitor the trim at different speeds.

PS how much does 1 of these cost?

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Awesome, but they could do some things to make it better, the arms since they arent form fitting im willing to bet that it isnt particularly comfordable for a person to use the suit, and for the flying portion, instead of going with the in the legs version that ironman used, wouldnt it be better to make a kind of detachible pack with wings that house all the flight systems and then the controls for the engines and whatnot could be combined into the hand portions so taht its kind of like there are 2 joysticks that the person would control with their thumbs and would use rather similarly to a remotecontrol helecopter only minus the torque issues with the rotors and having to monitor the trim at different speeds.

PS how much does 1 of these cost?

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Awesome, but they could do some things to make it better, the arms since they arent form fitting im willing to bet that it isnt particularly comfordable for a person to use the suit, and for the flying portion, instead of going with the in the legs version that ironman used, wouldnt it be better to make a kind of detachible pack with wings that house all the flight systems and then the controls for the engines and whatnot could be combined into the hand portions so taht its kind of like there are 2 joysticks that the person would control with their thumbs and would use rather similarly to a remotecontrol helecopter only minus the torque issues with the rotors and having to monitor the trim at different speeds.

PS how much does 1 of these cost?

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and why did it say that three times, computer seisure, sry about that

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Why not use it for base defense?
Arm it with a few guns and rockets and Voila! Base defense.
Also I think it is cool but robots are better nowadays

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where do i apply for that job

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I saw the "Iron Man" movie and it was awesome. Stark found out in the movie that his weapons capacity was limited my the energy source. That is the SAME problem we have today. If we develop ,like, a clean nuclear battery pack the size of a double A then we could have laser pointers that burn through solid steel. Just like Stark with his glowy thingy in his chest, we need an energy source. I think that all projects that are limited due to lack of energy and funding should be shut down until the energy crisis is averted.

PS: thanks 4 lettin me vent

C-ya l8r

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