Japanese Engineers Build Bottle Rocket Firing Exoskeleton

[Okysho]

This is too amazing!! I would love to have one of those!!

RIIISSEEEE GUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!

I know the article says it won't kickstart gundams, but.. I mean.. come on LOOK AT IT!!

 

[The3rdEye]

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the article and it was enjoyable to watch and read, but this really isn't what I had pictured from the front page's title of "Japanese Build Rocket Suit". Given the opportunity though, I'd much rather take the HAL out for a spin, rockets or no rockets.

 

[A random person]

Advance this in the territory of proper powered armor and outright mechs, along with bringing back the airship, and you'd have my technological utopia.

 

[Lord Devius]

...I need to figure out how to make one, then cosplay as Gurren Lagann. The mech.

Augh, fanboy suppressed, sorry.

This is damn awesome. Only thing I'd be worried about: falling. Walking like that is like walking on stilts, I'd imagine.

 

[Defense]

Wow, that's damn impressive, especially when it's made from only three men.

I think the most important question raised by this video is this: where the hell did they get that 1litre can of coca cola?!

Japanese vending machines.

Where are the panties?

 

[DP155ToneZone]

Why are people so hung up over how the thing looks?

This is a FEAT of engineering!

I can already think of at least 3 ways in which this suit will be beyond useful.

 

[TheHaunted]

It's nice to see an exoskeleton which would make good equipment for a bouncer, I wonder if they'll ever release it here.

 

[ThongBonerstorm]

well it's all under a foot of water by now. WHERE ARE YOUR ROCKETS NOW?!?

 

[CommanderKirov]

Sayonara dreams of having super exo-skeletons. They will now serve to the race of hyper intelligent sharks who will no doubt use them to rule the human race.

 

[Thyunda]

An outer shell + a voice changer = the most epic doorman ever.

Imagine that thing asking for your ID.

 

[Dhatz]

we're so much closer to the stuff from GitS than we thought! from non-combat applications of exoskeletons, how about powered-up american football?

 

[wizzyboy12]

Hope it's waterproof

Nah but seriously, they got struck by an earth quacke and now flooding pretty bad and all

 

[Siege_TF]

Unlike Pakistan, haiti, or China Japan has an actual plan for stuff like that as well as building codes and the like. Okay, China has building codes too, but if a building's not up to snuff a bribe does just as well. The first step towards the Nemesis Dreadknight is complete, now they just need to add the motors the americand developed and they'll have a fully exposed combatant that's got a big tall profile!

What could possibly go wrong?!