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| Real World Iron Man - The XOS Exoskeleton |
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| For the longest time ever, the US military has sought to develop a true combat exoskeleton.
Iron Man represents a long line of coveted successes that nations around the world seek. So what's the line between fact and faction? |
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| Tony Stark: MIT grad, genius engineer, and alcoholic womanizer.
While the tale of Iron Man has been slightly modified over the years, the core idea states that Stark is kidnapped by a band of thugs, and is then forced to construct a superweapon under threat of death. Instead, he builds the now iconic suit of armour and escapes. |
| Deep in Afghanistan, at a hidden insurgent bunker, a handful of guards overwatch the entrance. A harrowing THUMP strikes the bulkhead door. An equally loud blow follows. The door hinges fail and metal flies through. A large silhouette stands alone in front of an aura of blue light. The mystery figure rushes in. Bullets fly. Metal fists rule. Iron Man man has struck. He takes a quick glance at his surroundings, activates his arm flamethrowers and pushes the complex into a fiery haze. |
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| Iron Man can move faster then a jet, lift knee-crushing loads, hack military supercomputers, and shoot out repulsor death rays. |
| Deep in Utah, at a secret mountain lab, software engineer Rex Jameson demonstrates the capabilities of a metal suit. He steps into a pair of aluminum |
| aluminum boots, straps on a metal backpack and slides his arms into what looks like very long iron gloves. Jameson moves fluidly; an average-sized man commanding the power of a 150 pound suit. He shows off some jabs while hopping around. Not quite as fast as Ali, but definitely stronger, and considerably scarier. Jameson walks over to a weight rack and pulls on a 200 pound bar. He stops at around 50 reps; it's an easy day (He's been known to be able to rip through 500 without difficulty). |
| The XOS exoskeleton is the most practical and most advanced exoskeleton in history.
The maker, Steve Jacobsen couldn't have been more qualified. His projects over the last 35 years include 80 ton mechanized dinoes for Disney and the world renowned water fountains at Bellagio. He currently runs Sarcos, a robotics company owned by defense giant Raytheon. Sarcos is involved in an array of projects including prosthetics and nanoscale motors. Jacobsen has proved his versatility in mechanics and software engineering. He can design the actuators, the control system and all its components. "When you build something like an exoskeleton, there are about 25 subsystems and they all have to work before you can go onto the next step. The two main objectives are strength and endurance..." remarks Jacobsen. "None of [my developments] have a self contained system that has such strength, speed, endurance and flexibility." In essence, the exoskeleton would need to truly accomodate the real world soldier. It would need to able to read every motion and it would need to be able to respond at lightning speed. The slightest lag would drag down the user, making the operator feel as if they were moving underwater. The machine would require microprocessors powerful enough to convert constant feeds of data. |
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| Jameson shows off his agility in the XOS exoskeleton |
| Solving this issue whilst retaining the desired agility, strength and endurance would make people call on for a real world Tony Stark. No need, Steve Jacobsen has already made tremendous strides. |
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| Rex Jameson (Left) greets XOS maker
Steve Jacobsen (Right) |
| Iron Man is an age-old superhero. His comic book adventures have been around for more then four decades. But note: this is the first time that Iron Man, a hero empowered by engineering brilliance, can truly emerge from the books as more then an illustrated wonder. Funded with millions from the American military, Jacobsen has already begun wiring in artificial muscles and mental interfaces onto protective exoskeletons. Other challenges have yet to be overcome, but Adi Granov, a head illustrator for the comic and consultant for the 2008 film witnessed the suit in action. "I knew that's where we were heading, but I didn't realize we were this close." |
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| "THAT'S IRON MAN" |
| - Adi Granov |
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