It's like if «Rashomon» featured a bunch of men
in robotic suits and giant scary monsters and Bill Paxton as a hard - nosed general (he's great, by the way).
Donned
in a robotic suit, Big Bull sports a jet pack that doubles as a jet hammer.
Not exact matches
You can spend a small fortune on state - of - the - art
robotic bassinets and «magic» sleep
suits, but
in the end, it is what it is.
According to Walsh, who teaches a popular course
in medical device design at SEAS and is founder of the Harvard Biodesign Lab, soft
robotics is especially well
suited to shared design tools because many of the required components, such as regulators, valves, and microcontrollers, are largely interchangeable between systems.
Researchers are working on prototypes of wearable
robotic suits that give paralyzed people the sensation of walking as they control the movement of the
suit with sensors worn
in a skullcap.
But the concept could spawn a new generation of
robotic rovers
suited to all terrains, says Tim Lexen, an engineer
in Cumberland, Wisconsin, who developed the idea and built a prototype
in his spare time.
FORGET the complex choreography involved
in putting on a spacesuit: astronauts will one day be able to get
suited and booted
in seconds by stepping through the neck of an overlarge, part -
robotic spacesuit.
The company is confident enough
in its new technology to have started construction on a new lab expected to mass - produce up to 500
robotic power
suits (think Star Wars storm trooper without the helmet) annually, beginning
in October, according to Japan's Kyodo News Web site.
Ideas abounded: using ion engines to ferry up the components of a moon base; beaming power to
robotic rovers on the Martian moon Phobos; attaching high - power Hall effect thrusters to the International Space Station (ISS) and putting it on a Mars cycler orbit; preplacing chemical rocket boosters along an interplanetary trajectory
in advance so astronauts could pick them up along the way; using exploration pods like those
in 2001: A Space Odyssey rather than space
suits; instead of sending astronauts to an asteroid, bringing a (very small) asteroid to astronauts at the space station.
In just four years, and with $ 50 million, they plan to create a wearable, self - propelled
robotic suit that responds to - and amplifies - your every movement.
Juliano Pinto, a 29 - year - old paraplegic, kicked off the 2014 World Cup
in São Paulo with a
robotic exoskeleton
suit that he wore and controlled with his mind.
Hosted by Idris Elba, Anna Wintour, Taylor Swift, and Apple's Chief Design Officer, Jonathan Ive, the night inspired everything from glow -
in - the - dark ball gowns to
robotic suit sleeves.
The political stuff is laid on a little too thick at times via Samuel L. Jackson's radical right - wing television host, and therefore not as effective, but it's worth noting that director Jose Padilha (best known for the «Elite Squad» films) hasn't shied away from making his «RoboCop» actually be about something other than a man
in a cool
robotic suit.
Also showing up are Samuel L. Jackson (playing Nick Fury)
in flowing trench coat, Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)
in skintight tactical
suit, Anthony Mackie (The Falcon) with
robotic wings, and of course Chris Evans as Cap himself.
He gets to mine richer terrain here, territory hinted at briefly
in The Wolverine until things devolved into another battle between a superhero and a bad guy
in a giant
robotic suit, and as such appears to be invigorated by the challenge.
In our desperation, humans have made
robotic exo -
suits to help turn the tide.
All's not well
in Dream Land when
robotic enemies from another planet decide to renovate Pop Star to
suit their needs.
Men
in biohazard
suits will appear out of these walls and try to prevent your escape, but you have a gun that can be used knock them unconscious and destroy any of the
robotic contraptions that they've deployed to stop you.»
In this newest Kirby adventure it is up to Kirby to fight off an alien invasion using his new ability to utilize
robotic suits as well as his standard copy abilities.
The good news is that this
robotic lawnmower is already
in the works, and has garnered a lot interest from consumers, but the bad news is that it is probably more
suited to large - scale applications, at least as far as potential investors
in the product are concerned.