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Road Testing ‘Real World Iron Man’ Robotic Exoskeleton Boots

Created by Stanford University’s Biomechatronics Lab, these ankle exoskeletons are designed to give you a motorized boost as you walk, offering more power to people with muscle weakness and mobility issues. Claire Reilly powers on the boots for a test run (and finds out what happens when they’re turned up too high). 0:00 Intro 0:52…

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Created by Stanford University’s Biomechatronics Lab, these ankle exoskeletons are designed to give you a motorized boost as you walk, offering more power to people with muscle weakness and mobility issues. Claire Reilly powers on the boots for a test run (and finds out what happens when they’re turned up too high).

0:00 Intro
0:52 Real-World Iron Man Boots
1:48 What the Feature: How the Exoskeleton Works
2:22 Challenges
2:35 Exoskeleton Emulators
3:15 Testing Out the Exoskeleton Boots
5:22 The Future of Exoskeletons

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  1. oO0Xenos0Oo

    December 18, 2022 at 3:18 pm

    This looks like a more refined version would fit inside a pair of boots easily. The military might be interested 😄

    • A P

      December 18, 2022 at 7:12 pm

      Military prob has V4 or V5 already 😅

    • HatchedCoast

      December 18, 2022 at 8:22 pm

      Military already has a exoskeleton soldier suit, search it up. It’s crazy since the program was first supposed to be for disabled people before being taken into the military.

  2. Mike G

    December 18, 2022 at 3:23 pm

    Run Forrest run

  3. Oakey Sanders

    December 18, 2022 at 3:28 pm

    Amazing!

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    December 18, 2022 at 3:34 pm

    This guy resists the temptation to fight crime after dark.

  5. Rube Hayseed

    December 18, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    Tony Stark: Yeah I can walk.

  6. Chris

    December 18, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    50’s sci-fi comes to mind. Gotta start somehwhere. Why not the past?

  7. Zero Omar

    December 18, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    is it me or does he look like Mr. Robot if he had a decent life and used his knowledge for good.

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    December 18, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    0:16 nice tna now watch that in slow motion I’m already jxrking off

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    December 18, 2022 at 4:41 pm

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  10. The Transformation Channel

    December 18, 2022 at 4:52 pm

    The government is the last person I want having an iron man suit. Imagine what terror they could cause with nobody to stop them.

  11. Ezzly

    December 18, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    breh

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    December 18, 2022 at 6:12 pm

    Great invention for many Mericans.

  13. Matt Parks

    December 18, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    Pre exo squad lol love it

  14. Vlican

    December 18, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    doesn’t seem like it offers assistance through the entire stride… that’s a lot of tech for something barely useful… better off miniaturizing the modern wheelchair

  15. E. v. K.

    December 18, 2022 at 7:51 pm

    If no one say it I will
    RUN FORREST RUN!!!

  16. JenLF Potter38

    December 18, 2022 at 7:56 pm

    Could be a big leap of faith for people like myself with life limiting flat feet tree trunk legs, no thanks to a busted lymphatic system/Lymphoedema and totally flat dropped feet with no insteps or arches, although, if you do have particularly wide calves, this boot as it is wouldn’t work for you unless it was lace up, or you lost the boot altogether and just had a thing like those kiddies roller skates which strap over a normal pair of boots, shoes, sandals, slippers Etc. That would also be better over the warmer months when you wouldn’t want to be wearing boots.

  17. Luke Bradley

    December 18, 2022 at 9:29 pm

    Why do modern nerds always prefer electric and motor based actuators over hydraulic and pneumatic? Most industrial machinery turned from electric actuators toward these back in the day, and they really haven’t been upgraded since. Is it a safety thing?

  18. Paul Ho

    December 18, 2022 at 9:46 pm

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    December 18, 2022 at 10:03 pm

    Is it just me or someone else is getting a WALL-E vibes here? This is how it starts

  20. CK Gaming Channel

    December 18, 2022 at 10:07 pm

    Wearing this is a good way to snap a tibia.

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    December 18, 2022 at 10:24 pm

    Gundam witch from mercury anime is also featuring a mechanic leg product, what a coincidence

  23. Gary Hardt

    December 18, 2022 at 10:46 pm

    As someone with CP this might help if my right foot always dragging I trip some times because of that. I can’t lift my foot from the front when I walk.

  24. chemjam

    December 18, 2022 at 11:51 pm

    These exoskeletons are made for walking and that’s just what they’ll do.

  25. Joe Baron

    December 19, 2022 at 12:21 am

    Currently looks limited to me. Rightly or wrongly (probably the latter) I imagined Steven Hawkins walking like John Travolta below the knee, as the rest of his body dragged along the floor behind (definitely the latter!). But it’s at least one step closer the P-5000 Powered Work Loader in Aliens.

  26. PSYCHO

    December 19, 2022 at 4:36 am

    Getting tired of people who throw the term A.I. around in their videos.

    It’s called Machine Learning.

  27. A Bachelor's Life

    December 19, 2022 at 5:48 am

    Reminds me of Matt Damon’s character Max from the movie Elysium. He had on an exoskeleton if you recall

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    December 19, 2022 at 6:01 am

    Great invention… God bless

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    December 19, 2022 at 6:09 am

    It’s a bit bulky

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    December 19, 2022 at 9:21 am

    Please dont forget about the knees. More people are sufferring of knee issues/weakening as they walk.

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    December 19, 2022 at 12:47 pm

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  34. mitchtherevolution

    December 19, 2022 at 2:55 pm

    If Shaka Zulu caught any warrior wearing shoes or flip flops, he would bash their skull open with a club for embracing weakness.

  35. G

    December 20, 2022 at 4:01 am

    Til someone hacks it and makes you run 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  36. fullyawakened

    December 20, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    Looks like too much engineering not enough smarts in this design. it needs far more leeway and give, less all physically connected to itself. the cords are a no go. thing is one glitch away from snapping your ankle in half

  37. Hadeks Marow

    December 20, 2022 at 12:37 pm

    Real life iron man: It gives you the power to walk. . . because you couldn’t do that before. . . apparently. . . . i think. . . really wasn’t clear on that part. Oh, but don’t try crab walking though, or side stepping. . . or strafing, jumping or really most any normal motor functions. Yeah, the systems not really built for that. So yeahhhhh~ Oh, and also don’t turn the thing off, if you do that, you will feel crippled for life, even if you were completely fine before using the thing. Real life iron man though, right guys?

    If you read that that in a rick & morty voice, congrats. You understood the assignment.

  38. Chris G

    December 20, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    They already have it on the market.

  39. Kristopher Leslie

    December 20, 2022 at 4:19 pm

    The real world iron man suit has been made by numerous peoples contributions to the end game.

  40. DevArena

    December 20, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    I have got most strongest and bulky calf muscles in my entire town as I like workout of legs day most in my gym schedule…people used to ask me..what are you going to do with those big calf muscles?
    Now i know how useful they are in walking and running

  41. Legend Cox

    December 21, 2022 at 1:53 am

    I want a set like Chel’s from portal to reduce fall damage.

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