Thread: Hal Robot suit
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Unread 09-08-2006, 10:15
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Re: Hal Robot suit

an interesting idea, but we already have all kinds of strength enhancing 'suits'

a car is an extention of your body, so is a motorcycle, so is a bulldozer, a fork lift, a jet aircraft...

this one happens to look somewhat human like, and the control inputs are distributed around your body, instead of the way we normally control machines, with our fingers, hands and feet.

This is an awesome accomplishment, but this guy is really making a system that is more complicted than it needs to be for the intended purpose.

If he wants to use a machine to take his friend to the top of a mountain, there are many existing machines that can do it: 4WD jeep, helicopter, cat track, snowmobile...

its all a matter of stepping back far enough to see the wide perspective picture.
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