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INTEREST: Sagawa Makes Power Exoskeleton for Anyone With 12.5 Million Yen




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Zilan



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:47 pm Reply with quote
And so it begins.
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CrownKlown



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:11 pm Reply with quote
I thought these suits were supposed to enhance your abilities and strength not giving you the lifting capabilities of a 5 year old.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:41 pm Reply with quote
I want to be able to fight space bug queens, not have some punk sweep my leg out and break it immediately. Looks weak, fragile, and useless.
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Ringking



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:46 pm Reply with quote
A whole two kilo's, wow, sorry guys but I've had these old things for 22 years now *waves hands* and they can do 10 times as much without trying, and better yet I even got em for free.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:18 pm Reply with quote
And if you lift, you can begin to do even more. Unless they start making these things able to deadlift 500 lbs without the slightest inkling of a stability issue, they're useless except for people with disabilities. And unless it's military or construction oriented, rehabilitation with robots is where all of the focus, research, and funding should be.
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TJ_Kat



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:23 pm Reply with quote
So... early model landmate?
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zawa113



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:38 am Reply with quote
Yeaaah, it's my policy to not pay 12.5 million yen for something that can't even lift my cat. How can I teach machines the joy of cuddling a cat if it can't even lift it?
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GracieLizzy



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:42 am Reply with quote
Guys I think you might have been misled, possibly:

http://usvsth3m.com/post/55258934833/this-japanese-exoskeleton-is-clearly-nonsense-so-can
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Fabe



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:50 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I want to be able to fight space bug queens, not have some punk sweep my leg out and break it immediately. Looks weak, fragile, and useless.


Yeah,it would be like if the very first airplane looked like this.




OH wait.
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:54 pm Reply with quote
Call me when it has a biosensor.
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