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Robotic suit aims to usher in super soldier era



By MARK JEWELL, AP
15 May 2008 @ 01:27 pm EST


Robotic Soldier Suit
Software engineer Rex Jameson, wearing a robotic soldier suit being made for the U.S. Army by Raytheon, poses next to a mockup statue of a future soldier on Monday, April 14, 2008, in Salt Lake City. The suit can multiply its wearer's strength and endurance as many as 20 times, with relatively little loss of agility, by sensing and almost instantly amplifying every movement the wearer makes. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
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"I can regain my balance naturally after stumbling -something I discovered completely by accident."

Learning was easy, he said.

"It takes no special training, beyond learning to relax and trust the robot," he said.

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AP Photographer Douglas C. Pizac contributed to this report from Salt Lake City.

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