Japanese engineers have taken us one step closer to the robot revolution by developing a machine inspired by the movie Aliens.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570573,00.html
The Dual-Arm Power Amplification Robot by Activelink gives users superhuman strength and resembles the hydraulic exoskeleton worn by Sigourney Weaver in the climactic scene of the sci-fi classic.
The robot is being developed for disaster relief situations and can lift more than 200 pounds. However it weighs more than 500 lbs, making it heavy enough to crush the average human without support.
Chief engineer Go Shirogauchi told news.com.au his team was currently working on a way to make the arms lighter for standalone use
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