Robots And Tech

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Elysium Exoskeleton Part 14: Making the Weights

Let's see what we're going to test the exoskeleton with!

I am attempting to build a working exoskeleton similar to the one shown in Elysium, but instead of CGI... it will work!

Using pneumatic cylinders, an industrial festo valve bank, and a whole bunch of 1" x 1" perforated steel tube, you can watch my progress as I slowly build the coolest thing ever.

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Elysium Exoskeleton Part 16: The Big Test, 170LB Barbell Curl

The moment you've all been waiting for... THE BIG TEST! Watch as I attempt to curl 171.5LBS using my home made exoskeleton.

Questions? Subscribe and have them answered! This is only the beginning... Building the lower half next.

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LegLab

LegLab In a previous life, the Boston Dynamics founders developed a new breed of dynamic robots. Here are clips from those early one-legged, two-legged and four-legged robots developed at Carnegie Mellon (1980-1986) and MIT (1987-1995).

Meteorite Falling in Murmansk, Russia, April 19th, 2014

Meteorite Falling in Murmansk, Russia, April 19th, 2014 For the full story on this meteor, check out: http://www.theblackvault.com/m/news/view/Meteor-in-Russian-sky-raises-eyebrows

SpaceShipTwo's Third Powered Flight

Virgin Galactic has successfully completed the third rocket-powered supersonic flight of its passenger carrying reusable space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). In command on the flight deck of SS2 for the first time under rocket power was Virgin Galactic's Chief Pilot Dave Mackay. Mackay, along with Scaled Composites' (Scaled) Test Pilot Mark Stucky, tested the spaceship's Reaction Control System (RCS) and the newly installed thermal protection coating on the vehicle's tail booms.