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This 15-Foot Tall Exoskeleton is Made for Racing, But Is Still Taking Baby Steps

This 15-Foot Tall Exoskeleton is Made for Racing, But Is Still Taking Baby Steps

This is the Furrion Prothesis exoskeleton. It is a giant 8,000-pound mech that should be saved for our defense when Godzilla and his enemies show up. Apparently, it’s designed for mech racing, but it could also be used to destroy homes and small cities while stomping civilians into dust.

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Exoskeleton Aims to Keep Kids with Rare Disease Healthy

Exoskeleton Aims to Keep Kids with Rare Disease Healthy

Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have created a very cool and very small exoskeleton that is intended to help kids who suffer from a condition called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) walk and stave off other illnesses that might risk their lives.

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Hyundai Exoskeleton: Edge of Tomorrow, Today

Hyundai Exoskeleton: Edge of Tomorrow, Today

Hyundai wants us to think about is slick new exoskeleton robot as if it were a suit of Iron Man armor. Apparently, the people working on this project have never seen Edge of Tomorrow, but this thing is a virtual dead ringer for the exoskeleton that Tom Cruise wore and repeatedly died in.

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Phoenix Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegics Rise from Their Chairs

Phoenix Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegics Rise from Their Chairs

There are many exoskeletons in development around the world. While the goal of some is to make your average human able to lift and carry more, the goal for others is to help people who are paralyzed to walk again.

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DIY Exoskeleton Lifts the Rear of a Mini Cooper

DIY Exoskeleton Lifts the Rear of a Mini Cooper

I’m looking forward to the day when exoskeletons will give me super powers. I want to be able to jump up on the roof without needing a ladder, and carry hundreds of pounds without getting a sore back.

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Exoskeleton Simulates Aging: Inevitable Reality

Exoskeleton Simulates Aging: Inevitable Reality

While many companies and universities are working on exoskeletons that enhance the human body, the exoskeleton in the R70i Aging Experience intentionally does the opposite to help us understand and empathize how it feels to be old.

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LEGO Robot Motion Controlled with LEGO Exosuit: LEGO Build Fighters Try

LEGO Robot Motion Controlled with LEGO Exosuit: LEGO Build Fighters Try

A few years ago we checked out a motion-controlled robot. LEGO designer Daniele Benedettelli also came up with a motion control setup for his Cyclops robot, but instead of using a motion sensor he made a exoskeleton made of LEGO that tracks his movement and relays it to the robot.

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Matrix Threezero Armored Personnel Unit is Ready to Take on Tiny Squiddies

Matrix Threezero Armored Personnel Unit is Ready to Take on Tiny Squiddies

As much as I loved Niki Dregant’s LEGO version of the Armored Personnel Unit (APU) from The Matrix series, nothing beats a professional scale model. And that’s exactly what Threezero came up with. It’s 1:12 scale APU collectible stands 13.5″ tall, is fully posable and has light up guns.

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LEGO Arm Exoskeleton: Cyberpunk is Awesome

LEGO Arm Exoskeleton: Cyberpunk is Awesome

It’s not as complex as the robotic Mindstorms arm we saw a few months ago, but this LEGO arm exoskeleton is just as cool. It was made by Flickr user Milan Sekiz, who says he found it “quite easy” to make.

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LEGO Matrix Armored Personnel Unit: There is No Armor

LEGO Matrix Armored Personnel Unit: There is No Armor

Zion’s Armored Personnel Units (APUs) and the bloody battle they waged were two of the most memorable parts of The Matrix Revolutions. The APUs look primitive, unoptimized and anthropomorphized, exactly the opposite of the Sentinels controlled by the Machines.

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Homemade Elysium Exoskeleton Lifts 170 Pounds

Homemade Elysium Exoskeleton Lifts 170 Pounds

YouTuber The Hacksmith has been working on a special project for a long time – his Elysium-inspired exoskeleton. And now it is ready for action. This set of pneumatic-powered cyborg arms give him super strength and allow him to curl more than 170 pounds just like a killer robot.

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LEGO Exo Suit Now Official: 50% Bionicle, 100% Awesome

LEGO Exo Suit Now Official: 50% Bionicle, 100% Awesome

A couple of years ago we spotted the Exo Suit, a concept submitted to LEGO Cuusoo (now called LEGO Ideas) by Peter Reid. It appears the powers that be loved Peter’s concept as much as we did, because LEGO recently announced that the Exo Suit is now an official LEGO product.

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Edge of Tomorrow Exo-Suit Cosplay: Reuse. Wear. Repeat.

Edge of Tomorrow Exo-Suit Cosplay: Reuse. Wear. Repeat.

Professional cosplayer Peter Kokis recently pointed us to his latest costume. He calls it the B-Exo Soldier, inspired by the armed exoskeleton worn by the characters of Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and the other soldiers in the fun sci-fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow.

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Titan Arm Assistive Exoskeleton Wins James Dyson Award

Titan Arm Assistive Exoskeleton Wins James Dyson Award

Exoskeletons are definitely the way to go to boost and assist people’s natural strength. There have been numerous exoskeleton prototypes created, but most of them cost an arm and a leg to make. That’s not the case of the Titan Arm, winner of the 2013 James Dyson Award.

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Robo-Boots Give a Powerful Boost to Your Every Step

Robo-Boots Give a Powerful Boost to Your Every Step

Aging is part of being human. Eventually, that spring in your step will be replaced by a slow (but hopefully steady) pace as you near your sixties. People who are in this stage of life and are frustrated at the limitations of old age will be happy to hear about the Ankle Walking Assist Device (abbreviated as AWAD).

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Powered Jacket MK3 Exoskeleton: Metal Gear Alpha

Powered Jacket MK3 Exoskeleton: Metal Gear Alpha

Your teenage child is too big – and cool – for the Kid’s Walker, but you don’t trust her with the Kuratas mech just yet. How are you going to retain your title of World’s Greatest Parent?

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