Indian Engineering Students Build An Ironman Suit For Just $750
Ever
wished you had a suit similar to the Iron Man, so that with a click of a
button all fly away from all your problems and worries? While it is
sadly true that even with such a contraption you would still have to
live your life as it is, but still it would be pretty cool to have a
personalized suit you can fly in. Well, you are not alone with this
wish! It seems that some Indian engineering students were so inspired
and excited by the prospect that they actually went ahead and created an
exoskeleton suit that could actually lift them above the ground.
The
student, Vimal Govin Manikandan and his team of other engineers
revealed that they were originally inspired by the Avatar and Iron Man
when they decided to build this cool looking exoskeleton. They had a
really tight budget, US $750 to be exact but still they somehow managed
to create this amazing looking suit; though it will not be wrong to say
that it still has a lot of room for improvement.
The
suit with all its low budget gadgets and materials is still able to
lift up an impressive 300 lbs (about 130 kg) which makes it an amazing
feat for engineering students. The suit is able to generate its
propulsion power using actuated cylinders that are connected to battery
powered pressure switches. These pressure switches are then used to
determine the movement and act accordingly.
While
you can praise the students for their commitment and boldness in taking
up this project, it has to be said that the suit is far from being
truly functional. It is quite bulky (round about 100 kg) and the
movements are also not very precise. The driver of the suit needs to
take slow steps in order to avoid toppling, which makes it far from
being truly autonomous.
While
these Indian students are working on improving the prototype, they want
this to be ultimately produced for the military. Similar concepts are
being worked by many military technology based universities. One example
would be of Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS), which is
currently in development by the US military. TALOS is truly a wonder of
modern day engineering, which blurs the quickly fading lines between
human and machine, and is expanding the capabilities of humans to an
unprecedented degree.
If
this rate of robotic technological development continues, we will
surely see the dawn of a new and exciting chapter of super humans and
super machines in our near history.
Would you consider buying this Iron Man Robot for yourself? Let us know in the comments’ section below!
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