Comments on: Robotic exoskeleton arms http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Keneke http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625667 Keneke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625667 More like: "Get away from my exoskeleton, you bitches!" More like: “Get away from my exoskeleton, you bitches!”

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625668 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625668 You have 5 seconds to comply. You have 5 seconds to comply.

]]> By: IndexMe http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-626450 IndexMe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-626450 @ackpht I wonder if vibration could induce such resonances, perhaps from wind, running water or shifting rock in such a disaster zone. @ackpht I wonder if vibration could induce such resonances, perhaps from wind, running water or shifting rock in such a disaster zone.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625945 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625945 Bob also came up with the waterbed. Bob also came up with the waterbed.

]]> By: Spoom http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625700 Spoom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625700 That engineer is thinking to himself, "Haha, the fools have no idea how close I am to RULING THE WORLD!" Next step: an army of robotic Richard Simmonses. That engineer is thinking to himself, “Haha, the fools have no idea how close I am to RULING THE WORLD!”

Next step: an army of robotic Richard Simmonses.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625716 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625716 This will come in handy once we discover the Alien homeworld. In the meantime, maybe we can use it to battle the C.H.U.D.S. This will come in handy once we discover the Alien homeworld. In the meantime, maybe we can use it to battle the C.H.U.D.S.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625718 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625718 Finally, the answer to the important question ... ... "Where's WALDO?" Finally, the answer to the important question …

… “Where’s WALDO?”

]]> By: frijole http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625719 frijole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625719 "The prime use for the arm will be in heavy lifting and loading, where wheeled vehicles are unable to operate but aliens need to be thrown out airlocks," Shirogauchi said. There, I fixed it. “The prime use for the arm will be in heavy lifting and loading, where wheeled vehicles are unable to operate but aliens need to be thrown out airlocks,” Shirogauchi said.

There, I fixed it.

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-626010 ackpht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-626010 Just don't turn your back on the thing while you're swapping out an AE-35 unit. To stay in a stable control region, there will always be some lag between input and output movements. Otherwise the device might interpret its own movement as a control input and it would quickly run amok. This would be distressing enough to observe close up, but if you were <i>wearing</i> the device at the time... The biggest engineering issues are likely to be actuator mass, power supplies (mass and volume thereof), and how to deal with waste heat. If you accept an exoskeleton tethered by power and cooling cables, the problem is much simpler. Just don’t turn your back on the thing while you’re swapping out an AE-35 unit.

To stay in a stable control region, there will always be some lag between input and output movements. Otherwise the device might interpret its own movement as a control input and it would quickly run amok. This would be distressing enough to observe close up, but if you were wearing the device at the time…

The biggest engineering issues are likely to be actuator mass, power supplies (mass and volume thereof), and how to deal with waste heat. If you accept an exoskeleton tethered by power and cooling cables, the problem is much simpler.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625762 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625762 I wonder what the lag time on input to movement is? From the exo-frames I've seen so far that seems to be the biggest issue with getting a fully working suit. I think something like what Ripley had would be nice, joystick input. Or at least something to decouple the direct movement of your hand with that of the robot. (Similar to playing a video game, you quickly learn to compensate for any delays probably because it's not seen as a natural movement. You don't move your thumb to jump, so your brain wires the thumb movement to seeing the object move, not necessary feeling it with your whole body.) I wonder what the lag time on input to movement is? From the exo-frames I’ve seen so far that seems to be the biggest issue with getting a fully working suit. I think something like what Ripley had would be nice, joystick input. Or at least something to decouple the direct movement of your hand with that of the robot. (Similar to playing a video game, you quickly learn to compensate for any delays probably because it’s not seen as a natural movement. You don’t move your thumb to jump, so your brain wires the thumb movement to seeing the object move, not necessary feeling it with your whole body.)

]]> By: HaltingPoint http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-626533 HaltingPoint Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-626533 Frankly with all the geeks here I'm shocked nobody has made the connection to Exo-Squad...possibly the best cartoon ever. Real shame they never made a live-action movie out of it. Frankly with all the geeks here I’m shocked nobody has made the connection to Exo-Squad…possibly the best cartoon ever. Real shame they never made a live-action movie out of it.

]]> By: BarelyFitz http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625772 BarelyFitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625772 This, and the loader in Aliens, was pre-dated by the Matt Helm movies: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3604987534_5948d543b2_o.jpg This, and the loader in Aliens, was pre-dated by the Matt Helm movies:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3604987534_5948d543b2_o.jpg

]]> By: FredicvsMaximvs http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625793 FredicvsMaximvs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625793 Haha! I see what you did there! For those of you who haven't read much Heinlein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_%28device%29 Haha! I see what you did there!

For those of you who haven’t read much Heinlein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_%28device%29

]]> By: phisrow http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-625636 phisrow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-625636 So, anybody else want to take up a collection to have the buttoned-down looking Japanese engineer scream "Get away from her, you bitch!" and flail those arms wildly? So, anybody else want to take up a collection to have the buttoned-down looking Japanese engineer scream “Get away from her, you bitch!” and flail those arms wildly?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-626404 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-626404 I could really use this to eat my cream of wheat. I could really use this to eat my cream of wheat.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/02/robotic-exoskeleton-1.html#comment-626163 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-626163 you just won the internet. you just won the internet.

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