US Military rolls out 'super-soldier' exoskeleton suits
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2018
- The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and more resilient, in what experts say is part of a broader push into advanced gear to equip a new generation of "super soldiers." Jayson Albano reports.
The U.S. Army is paving the way for a new generation of 'super-soldiers' with the help of exoskeletons.
They're designed to be worn over a pair of pants and use a suite of sensors and AI to aid natural movement.
The experimental technology is being developed by Lockheed Martin in an almost seven million dollar bid to increase American soldiers' endurance.
Lockheed Martin's licensed the tech from a Canadian company.
They originally designed the suit for people with mobility problems or medical ailments - like multiple sclerosis.
"The idea is that we're going to take the capabilities of some of the fittest, highest-performing individuals in the world... and we're going to extend those capabilities."
The appeal of exoskeleton technology for the U.S. military is clear.
Gear like body armour, night-vision goggles and advanced radios are critical - but heavy.
All up, they can weigh almost two or three times the recommended limit for soldiers.
And when infantry troops show up to a fight, they're fatigued from carrying all their equipment.
Now with the help of the exoskeletons, soldiers can fight fresh.
"We're going to make them stronger, we're going to make them last longer and we're going to make them go faster and farther."
The equipment won't come cheap.
Each exoskeleton is expected to cost tens of thousands of dollars.
But the U.S. isn't the only country looking to give their troops an upgrade.
Research officials say Russia and China also have exoskeleton tech in the works.
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Imagine going through basic training while wearing a deactivated exosuit to make things harder...
you would never touch one in Basic, just like you don't already touch a bunch of crap in Basic that you won't touch till maybe after a 6 months in the Military
Don’t give them any ideas
@@Dogmeat1950 you'll probably touch one in basic in the future when exo skeletons are just as common as today's M16/M4 variant, that's what he's probably referring to...
Id say since GPNVG-18 only issued to spec-ops , this stuff probably would only be issued to either just spec-ops or heavy weapon specialist.
There's fallout for ya. Fusion Cores suck.
"um sir I forgot to charge my exoskeleton"
GODDAMIT PRIVATE
You know it's going to happen too
I can see the spit leaving this sentence
But Sarge
You can count on that happening.
This is exactly why I was saying these suits need a regenerative breaking system, like the Tesla cars, flip a switch and it resists your movements to charge the battery, emergency charging that doubles as a workout.
"You know how expensive this gear is son?"
"Tell that to the Covenant."
América be like
"Tell that to the commies'
Styx I will tell them when we finish the fight
Did that's not very expensive at all if you think about trying to give each person one who's going to require it. She was all the money spent on each person that's only a small drop in the bucket especially for such a huge benefit
@@lennyking1340 lol
@@Howdy762 Damn you're too socially inept to understand what a joke is
Crippled man: I can walk again!
Doctor: You're also going to war
THE ARMY GOT YO NUMB ASS
Crippled man: it’d be a great help for me with my daily life!!!
army doctor: oooh we wouldn’t want to make it too easy now would we???
They should only let crippled people wear it if they sign a contract to join the military
T R A S H B O Y カタカナ lol
Night Time Ninja everyone signs a contract lol
Expectation: makes soldiers look like badasses from Black Ops 3
Reality: mechanism locks up during a firefight
Actually advanced warfare
My bad there is so many of them
@@djpegasus2k3porkster88 minus the boosting and jumping 20 feet high.
It would be a Russian tactic to disable all the fancy tech that Western forces rely upon a ton. And I mean a TON.
Expectation: make soldier fire accurately and disable targets from a distance
Reality: gun jams
You can literally say that about anything, by your logic soldiers should still be using knives and combat vehicles wouldn't exist.
"Stay with the Master Chief,he'll know what to do."
Alpha Draconis “Yes Sir, Sergeant!”
"Thanks for the tank. He never gets me anything."
“Oh I know what the ladies like”
Nice
Alpha Draconis back in my day we didn’t have no fancy shmancy tanks! We had two sticks and a ROCK!! AND WE HAD TO SHARE THE ROCK!!!!
This isn’t just modern warfare...this is, ADVANCED warfare
Easy EMP grenades and it won't be advanced warfare anymore :)
Demonolator
Boi
@@lmao.3661 XD
Demonolator anti emp coating
Nah call me when we got gundams or vf-14s from robotech
Alright im just gonna say this Advanced Warfare confirmed
Adam Byrne exactlyyyyyy
Atlas will stand mighty
Pretty sure it was already a vision before the game, where do you think the devs got the idea from hmm..
Michelle needs to re enlist
Jonathan Irons has joined the chat
So when are the power armors coming out?
2067
in the year 40'000.
Praise the emperor
@Hoàng Nguyên 🤔🤔🤔
Oh yeahhh... I forgot about that.
When we have a viable power source. I mean sure, an electric car battery can provide enough power for one, at least for a while. But it's too big (not to mention a gigantic weakspot) to be a feasible power source for it.
We need to invent super batteries before we get power armors. But power armors will definitely be a thing. Due to costs however it will no doubt see limited use, but it will be about as feared as a tank.
Did nobody can get the fallout reference?
Advanced warfare in real life
@@samexoldx maybe to you
Knight-Sgt. Reyes i rather play advance warfare then fallout 76
@@samexoldx right, but the concept is there, this is as close to to that as anything else I mean.
@@samexoldx good story, bad multiplayer.
ALEX LUNA u cod kids really are brain dead
Exoskeletons are bad, because it makes your innerskeleton feel unimportant.
Best comment on here lol.
...well I'm sure there is an exoskeleton safe space (complete with crayons) or crying room for your inner snowflake skeleton
INwhatWAYisISLAMisRIGHTaboutWOMENyouBELLEND?
Exactly. It will make your muscles weak as your not actually using them fully
Cyborgs are always stronger.
1:09
“We’re gonna make them stronger, we’re gonna make them last longer, and we’re gonna make them go faster and farther.”
😏
Philippine army: Ok......
Yeah, thought that, too.
One cheap landmine wins
Not if you don't even have to touch the ground.....
@@kiDkiDkiD12 you dont float haha
We have anti landmines personnel for that.
You sound like the guy who's against drones like UAV's because they're machines.
pfff landmines are already super easy to detect...
Correction* Russia has been working on EXO suites. China has been sitting and waiting for their spy network to deliver a copy of USA Exo suites.
China actually has ok technology they even exceed us in certain things
@@hardcorehunter9155 eh not really.
@@hardcorehunter9155 noooo they don't lmao
It's funny that they still use this excuse. Everyone knows that nothings gonna haplen, and it's not important. Besides the Navy is enough to destroy anything with how many ships and carriers the US has
Too bad they'll only get garbage. They should copy Russia instead.
1969:"Look at those funny boxes they are talking into on tv."
2019: "You are using a fliphone? That is so last decade."
Never underestimate the rapid advancement of technology. These suits maybe expensive now but in 10 or 20 years they may not be much more expensive than a smart phone.🙂
Preach it! This technology will definitely advance like crazy, it’s got so many uses. As for military usage, I’m totally expecting them add heavy armor platings once the exoskeleton is stronger and more reliable. Sooner or later we’ll see suits like Power Armor (fallout) or the spartan’s Mjolnir Armor (Halo)
@Ryan Napier u never know
This is so much needed. My brother’s joints are failing him from all his years of service in the army. This technology will help soldiers in so many ways.
Or they could just, you know, try making polymer bodyarmor plates cheaper, sleep systems that don't suck donkey balls to pack, and getting radios that aren't from Desert Storm.
roadhouse699 with exo’s you can wear actual metal plate armor with the mobility and feel of wearing just your BDUs.
I Expect operators to use depleted uranium plating on their suits. Few things short of APs, explosives or an all out EMP have a snowballs chance in hell of hurting our boys in these things.
@@aeringothyk5445 Ballistic polymer is just as strong as ballistic steel, albeit lighter and more expensive. Definitely cheaper than an exo-suit, though.
@@roadhouse6999 ballistic polymer is extremely bad at taking multiple hits unlike steel
@@sMOS_arms Are you talking about rigid polymer (rifle armor) or polymer mesh (pistol armor)?
@@roadhouse6999 there is yet no dense enough polymer to be as thin as steel plate armor and stop rifle ammo. For pistols kevlar is enough.
Well theres a looong way from this to T-51b LOL
I'll be back
We'll get there :D
Just slap on some metal plates and you're nearly there.
Sarcos is rolling out the XO max this year, it's pretty sweet
@@caboose8001 I read that in Arnol'd Swarzeneger's voice.
imagine a gopnik having this...
Mega squat!!!
HARDBASS INTENSIFIES BLYAT
cant wait to clean toilets with a deactivated exosuit in bootcamp
Great, now they're going to make me carry even more weight.
Austin Glinin ours rucks just grew 20 pounds extra
20 pounds? Try another 50+ since they want to further make troops pack Brahmins lol
Hey one if your guys can be mobile artillery lol hes just carrying a large cannon 😆
@bangmeister2012 Like your brain lol
This won’t affect you weeb
7 million USD is a small budget...very likely that they don't believe in this stuff, or it won't become standard combat outfit (e.g. it might become for military maintenance personnel, such as carrying ammo, missiles...etc.)
Which is why their tests have been successful?
@@TylerSpark714 It's not that, they already know demand will be low, in the end, US army decides, not DARPA.
I bet this will only go to Special Operations Forces(SOF) within the DOD. I doubt conventional infantry, let alone support personnel, will receive exoskeletons for at least another few decades
I wonder if it will have any negative effect on your physical endurance, resulting in the individual having to work out for longer periods to retain the same physical endurance after wearing the suit.
@@lejenddairy I'm sure it won't pull the work of carrying gear entirely. Or what they'll do is carry even more gear so that the actual carry load is the same on the user as the current carry load without it (i.e. 200lbs of gear feels like 50 lbs of gear).
Someone played advanced warfare
they already had this tech years ago i remember reading about the same military exoskeleton stuff a long time ago
Yes, exoskeleton tech has been in development for about five decades. They're being deployed now, however. The technology has finally caught up to the promise.
I think this is great.
The one thing preventing soldiers from wearing more effective armor is the weight and the way it kills your mobility to do so.
The exoskeleton will not only make soldiers faster and stronger, but it will allow them to wear far more advanced armor that makes regular bullets virtually ineffective. Each soldier would be a fast moving lite tank.
One super duper advanced technology boi
VS
one rusty landmine boi
This is the start of heavy infantry with armored suits.
funny thing is - its not worth it, its much cheapier to made a tank or any armored vehicle that armor suit for one exact person, on top of that that in not realy viable as you create more negatives than positives, especialy in our time where passive armor dont realy do anything in combat situations.
@@iMost067 Oh I'm certain it will come. It will be useful in many situations. CQB fighting. Some special forces ops. Shock troops. Assaulting things. For the common grunt however it might not be standard for a long time - if at all.
Anything that means you don't have to train more men to replace the ones you've lost is always worth it.
@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 I don't believe this will be available for just any soldier. I believe this will be available for specialized highly trained soldiers. At least to begin with.
They will be cheaper.
So they will carry more gear.... But because of the exo skeleton, the troopers will feel like they are lifting only 50 or so pounds vs 200 to 250 pounds that they are really wearing.
I can get behind that.
Do you think a regular soldier carries 250 pounds of gear with him lol?
Or, in front of that, on all fours? Whole new tech options at ann summers.
Until emp knocksur suit out...
Ghost tankcommander EMP wont always help
@@eazy2195 Yeah they actually do. Just look at the guys in Iraq. They were absolute machines running around with massive rucks and having like 3 hours of sleep a day.
Damn, navy seals just upgraded from hero to legendary
Imagine 40,000 years from now...
in the grim darkness of the future.
THERE IS ONLY WAR.....
War never changes...
@@cowboylee9457 good
FOR CHAOS!
BURN IN HOLY FIRE
Great concept. You're typically going to be carrying around 20-40lb of gear during combat, after patrolling for hours on end you will already be fatigued. Try carrying a 30lb plate carrier with 10-20lbs of extra gear on your back, then add a 25lb M240 Bravo and 300-400 rounds of 7.62x51; that's if you're lucky enough to have someone else help you with the load instead of carrying all 1,200 round by yourself. A 100rd belt of 7.62x51 is around 7lb, 1,200 rounds would be around 84lb. If we put this all together you get around 169lb - 199lb loaded on your person. Try hiking through rough terrain in a 9+ hr patrol with the weight of grown man strapped to your back.
Sure, most troops don't carry this much regularly. But in certain situations this is what you could expect.
So glad im a medic.
Ha. 20 pounds of gear on your back... I wish. Try 60+ pound pack
I would know, i carry that 240...
Pssh, I could do that, as long as they gave me a helicopter
_+Hennell_
M240s are chambered in 7.62x51.
Them: each Exoskeleton is expected to cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Me: *sarcasm* It's not like the military spends dozens if not hundreds of millions on equipment and vehicles, weapons and such right?
*hundreds of billions
DarthDragon007 they spend hundred billions not millions
One missile costs more than 10 exoskeleton
Mirza Khalid that’d be very interesting to see tho, imagine driving at 45mph. You look over your shoulder to check your blindspot and you see someone running next to you and he waves at you then speeds off
0:06 Lothric: heavy breathing
don't worry my friend we saw this comment.
rise if you would
War... War has changed...
1914 was when
I'm no hero...
@CJ Em Nanomachines
@@420GuardDog , son
War... War never changes...
Fake!! These are just normal suits.
You know that the real ones are made from Ghana, with those sexy painted motorcycle helmet
😂😂😂😂
Meowmere yoo i just seen that. Ghana is the future of technology
Haha they make the APC like 2-story tall because they know thag no ballistics weapon in the world could ever penetrate that
😂 😂 I was just watching those Kantanka vids, what a joke, 60kg and they don’t even have power. Just costumes basically that have bottle rockets shooting out
What, that country full of starving africans? They should focus on getting a decent meal rather than focusing on something out of their league.
Is there a physical stop to make the sure the machine doesn’t go haywire and invert your knees?
That is one my my worst fears ever, just walking about and then having my knees snap backwards.
That's why you should never step with a straight leg, when stepping it's safer to step with your knees slightly bent forward to prevent that i've had many occasions where i'd forget to walk properly and almost end up bending my knees in-ward. I too have that fear especially on leg day.
@@_Eric._ tgats crazy i never knew that so when you working out on your legs like leg press, you should never fully extend your leg right? Because i do cuz i feel like im not doing it right when i dont fully extend
If you told Julius Caesar that soldiers of the future fought without ever seeing the enemy by using metal birds to drop explosions while having an extra spine attached to them I think he would be utterly speechless since he is dead
You cant predict the future. Future tech would look just as Alien to us as we would look to Julius Caesar
@@shoaibakther1453 You missed the joke dude
Call of Duty look what you’ve started, damn Kevin Spacey and Advanced Warfare
Reminds me of call of duty advance warfare
What is this?? I want a mark 22 iron-man suit the one with hot rod flames on the boots!! 🔥😎🔥
Imagine if the suit could detect bleeding from the extremities of the body. Like if you walk on a landmine and you get knocked unconscious and with a leg missing, the suit can autonomously contract around the femoral artery to stop the bleeding.
Hey this is much better than Ghana exoskeleton
Nice, now give Kevin spacey a company to manufacture these, and lets see some real life obsidian steed guns
Just a couple of years ago, those things were 5x as bulky. Technology moves fast!
The us military heavily relies on readymade gear and not enough on soldiering.
SNAKE.. SNAKE....SNAAAAAAAKE!!!
Exosqueleton + Hololens + jetpack + brain chip implant + invisivibility camo technology = super futuristic soldier and i like it
@@spamthis8275 son of a goat
@@spamthis8275 especially whenhe said "brain chip", lol they can take "the mark of the beast" but WE WONT
Who would win
One soldier equipped with the most advanced expo skeleton increasing speed, strength, and endurance
Or
One emp boi
Looks like you've been playing too much Call of Duty.
Don’t forget the grappling hook
More sustainability for Marines and Soldiers, hundreds of pounds of extra equipment and no excessive weight to distract them from being alert and accurate with their rifle. Very smart, practical and efficient. Well done. 👍🇺🇸
These have been around for over a decade. The military have been using them for just as long.
Waiting for the Seaman suit
Don’t you mean semen
"We're going to make them last longer"
next what?
add 20mm armor
and... BANG
we got a power armor
Wow can’t wait for the next update
Canada: -Makes anything -
U.S: Gimme.
Canada: But we haven’t even perfected it for ourselves y-
U.S: *GIVE ME IT NOW*
Canada: Y-yes sir.
U.S: Did you just assume my gender?
Russia & China: ah here we go again...
I think you forgot that the UK is worse with the gender thing
Larry Garoth True-
Ricardo Santos yeah yeah.
Literally the entire birth of Canada is copying the US lol.
Bahaha funniest comment this year!
1:11
Just listen out of context 😁😉
Sounds like me .....
If this is what they're showing to the public, then I imagine they've got something even better in the works behind the scenes.
To be fair, cost probably won't be a huge issue if these have decent performance and lifespans.
Equipping 1 million soldiers at 100k will be around 100 billion dollars or 15% of the US yearly defence budget.
10 billion over a 10 year period would be even more doable.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R i heard a trader sells them in exchange for flash drive barrel modifications ...Cheeki Breeki
Who would win
One giant rocket.
Vs
One exo boi.
Me
In my opinion this is an advantage for used by soldiers & on top of that is build against different types of hazards & I can see it's value personally from this video with the soldier in demonstration with the AMMO which to me he appears gigantic because as a super soldier he beats everything ...
Oh man this is future stuff! Awesome!
Only the Army would adopt something like this.
Now Marines on the other hand..we just make do..
Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential
PRIVATE SECTOR 042 No, the marines get power armor. The army gets exoskeletons
The corps get the Navies hand me downs, gotta wait awhile brother.
Emp
"Oh no! I can't move!"
Lol jp I'm sure they thought of that
Bout damn time, good stuff.
I need one of these to get me through work everyday
Master chief suit!!!!
justin palman yea sorry buddy your gonna have to wait about 500 more years for them bitches.
US Army rolls out the Fox Sneaking Suit lol
“I can’t join the army, I have multiple sclerosis.”
Army: “Congratulations son, you now qualify for the exoskeleton infantry.”
Love it, yes this is pushing it!
The regular troops won't get anything like this any time soon. Maybe in like fifty years.
Way too expensive to mass produce and maintain.
Libertarian Patriot: tier one operators will be the first ones to get their hands on all the new tech.
bangmeister2012 made out of pastic and breaks after taking a step
10th mountain just field tested it last year. They aren't that expensive really. A good night vision set ranges at the low end 3k to 10k at the high end. Thats just for basic ones, not even including the ones infantrymen currently use which feature thermal and night vision at the same time, which are twice that, or the ones SOF use with the four tubes that are $45k a pop.
You are right in that not everyone will get it. My guess is that it will go to Infantry, Special Operations, and Artillery.
@@Avera9eWh1teShark6 Uhh. Regular old ground poundin 11b ain't gettin these anytime soon. Most cant even Z out a Sincgars radio.
"I need a weapon"
“here take this unloaded magnum”
Then take this ; " Mozambique Here !!! "
Hell I could use that. I've got a failed back fusion, nerve damage and muscle damage.
mobility of bad knees and older people this would be fantastic !!
I thought this was like advanced warfare ad 😂😂
When you watch Captain America the first time when you're in the Military
“we’re gonna make them last longer, we’re gonna make them go faster, and go farther” sounds good to me
Can't wait for this
Imagine you're in a kneeling position and the exoskeleton locks up and you can't move oml I'm dead lmao
That happens to me all ready I can't get on my knees cause they lock up idk why that is.
Advanced Warfare was always the best.
Oswald Cobblepot
It was underrated it got so much right for future war fare
Unlike all the other cods where it’s just a bunch of gimmicks
se7enX89X
Why
yes finally thankyou friend.
That game was fun. Pretty cool
MODERN WARFARE,MODERN WARFARE 2,MODERN WARFARE 3,BLACK OPS BLACK OPS 2,WORLD AT WAR, WW2
Good stuff keep it up!
I could use those leg supports after having a hip replacement and having blown out my knees several times those would be quite an asset to strength and support
0:52 WTF is Leon Kennedy doing with an Exo-Skeleton?
Advanced warfare in alpha
a lot of energy is exerted in squatting behind cover and running long distances too
That thing would be extremely uncomfortable once you start sweating. Great concept, but I don't doubt that soldiers will hate them.
Still too expensive for the "common" soldier.
Avg soldier already wears 30-50k dollars worth of gear, whats 10k more
Special forces would probably be given it, they are allowed to carry whatever weapons, tactical equipment when they go on missions
So when are titanfall jumpjets coming?
Press F to pay respects.
Everything about this world is changing rapidly. A very general statement but I recommend remembering it at all times. Reason is our only shield against madness.
Rise of the machines has begun.....find John Conner!
if i can't jump 5 times higher with it on and kick or have a superpowered kick i dont want it nor do i need it.
May prove practical for certain missions. But doubt it will prove practical on a large scale.
That so very important in warfare
Cybernavy 2077
In other words more war.
Good
it means more soldiers because the fitness standards will be able to be lower, and the soldiers will need less training
@@levidixon1176 no. The fitness standard would be the same. If a soldier is a 2 righr now, The whole point is to have 2+1=3 not 1+1=2
Perfection
We are currently in the most peacefully era of human history, and it's getting better every year. (Until it doesn't)
1:11 Last longer? That's pretty good XD
We got you - 🇨🇦
1:08 😏
WW3 will be great, it starts.. boom EMP and its over. All you hear are the cries of teenagers who lost their mobile internets.
This has been in development for a while now i remember watching the first video about it 6 years ago
I have mobility problems and could surely use one of these.