A powered exoskeleton is a mobile machine that is wearable over all or part of the human body, providing ergonomic structural support and powered by a system of electric motors, pneumatics, levers, hydraulics or a combination of cybernetic technologies, while allowing for sufficient limb movement with increased strength and endurance. The exoskeleton is designed to provide better mechanical load tolerance, and its control system aims to sense and synchronize with the user's intended motion and relay the signal to motors which manage the gears. The exoskeleton also protects the user's shoulder, waist, back and thigh against overload, and stabilizes movements when lifting and holding heavy items.
An exhibit of the "Future Soldier" designed by the United States Army
Steve Jurvetson with a Hybrid Assistive Limb powered exoskeleton suit, commercially available in Japan
Image: Član tima sa aktivnim egzoskeletom, 1972. godine
Image: LG CL Oi, IFA 2018, Berlin (P1070245)
Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by G. P. Putnam's Sons on November 5, 1959.
First edition hardcover
The cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November 1959), illustrating Starship Soldier
Robert Heinlein in 1976
A real-life concept of powered armor, an idea popularized by Starship Troopers
