Marines to Test Exoskeleton Suit That Can Do the Work of Up to 10 Troops
28 Jul 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The Marine Corps is moving ahead with plans to test a wearable robotic exoskeleton that conjures up images of that power-loader suit Ellen Ripley wore to take down a space monster in the movie "Aliens."
By the end of the year, the service will have a Guardian XO Alpha full-body robotic exoskeleton that allows one person to do the work of four to 10 people, depending on the task. The wearable suit can do hours of physical labor that would otherwise be impossible for a Marine to do alone, lifting and moving up to 200 pounds of gear repeatedly for eight hours straight.
The contract between the Marine Corps Logistics Innovation Office program and Sarcos Defense, a subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics, which creates the high-tech suit, was announced Tuesday.
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