Reader comments: Robotic 'Iron Man' suit could usher in super soldier era

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rattler | 5:41 p.m. May 15, 2008
Good advice. Trust the robot.
Sold! | 9:59 p.m. May 15, 2008
OK...I'm sold! I'll have one in red and blue, with those Spidey web-slinger wrist pods, size XL, shoe-size 14.

...on second thought, maybe I should order another one in black.
anon | 8:06 a.m. May 21, 2008
Sense when have humans needed robotic suits to fight war? For construction work or something I can understand. Soldiers don't need combative suits they need intense physical and mental conditioning along with tech devices but not a suit.
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Software engineer Rex Jameson stretches in a robotic soldier suit being made for the U.S. Army by Raytheon Monday, 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. (Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press)
Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press
Software engineer Rex Jameson stretches in a robotic soldier suit being made for the U.S. Army by Raytheon Monday, 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.
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