Tuesday, August 5, 2014

'Aliens'-Style Exoskeleton Gives Shipbuilders a Boost

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It’s always exciting when concepts from science fiction migrate to the real world, but it can be tricky to determine when a sci-fi tech has truly arrived.


Take, for instance, the idea of robotic exoskeletons — a sci-fi staple from Aliens to Iron Man . Real-world exoskeletons have been around for a few years now in various proposal and prototype scenarios, but we haven’t seen any large-scale commercial deployment — until now.



According to a report from the August issue of New Scientist, the massive South Korean corporation Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has already begun outfitting shipyard workers with wearable exoskeletons for heavy lifting duties. Read more...


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