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Japan startup unveils 15-foot robot suit for space exploration
(www.independent.co.uk)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
The demands of space exploration weight reduction, weight reduction, compactness and weight reduction. The demands of disaster relief are probably all terrain mobility, strength and stability. Those attributes are polar opposites.
But the demand for mech suits is always very high.
Every time someone gets all self righteous and posts stuff about how this isn’t “practical” or “cost-effective” or “actually useful in a real world scenario, where efficacy is needed”.
They always forget the critical important factor: Mech Suits are Awesome!