????軍事

????像工業(yè)界一樣，軍隊(duì)也希望提高士兵的力量,。雖然美軍對(duì)有關(guān)信息守口如瓶,，但我們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)知道，洛克希德馬丁公司(Lockheed Martin)正在利用Ekso Bionics公司開發(fā)的核心技術(shù),，打造一款名叫HULC Robotic的外骨骼系統(tǒng),。【它的發(fā)音聽起來跟那位令人難以置信的《驚奇漫畫》（Marvel Comics）超級(jí)英雄恰好是一樣的,。）這套外骨骼系統(tǒng)是液壓系統(tǒng),，由電池提供動(dòng)力，可以幫助士兵完成蹲下,、匍匐等動(dòng)作,，以及負(fù)載重達(dá)200磅的裝備。

????科技開發(fā)公司Battelle也與美國(guó)特種作戰(zhàn)司令部合作,，開發(fā)了一款所謂的“戰(zhàn)術(shù)突擊輕甲”（Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit）,。雖然我們還不大清楚這套盔甲的細(xì)節(jié)，但是科技網(wǎng)站Gizmodo今年七月有機(jī)會(huì)近距離接觸了這套盔甲,，確任了它能夠讓士兵在負(fù)載更多裝備的同時(shí),，還覺得自己身輕如燕。（那么有了這套“鋼鐵俠戰(zhàn)衣”,，他能飛起來嗎,？或許不能，不過如果他背著50磅的負(fù)載還能健步如飛,，那也和飛差不了多少了,。）

????在格里辛看來，軍事行業(yè)對(duì)先進(jìn)技術(shù)的保護(hù)過度,，從而使這些技術(shù)很難流入私人部門用于其它用途,。但是軍工技術(shù)的利潤(rùn)會(huì)帶來巨額的研發(fā)經(jīng)費(fèi)，從而有助于開發(fā)其他用于民用的應(yīng)用,。因此格里辛對(duì)軍工技術(shù)轉(zhuǎn)入某些領(lǐng)域感到很樂觀——比如極限運(yùn)動(dòng)也可能需要專用的外骨骼系統(tǒng),。

????在某種意義上,，從簡(jiǎn)單的工具到復(fù)雜的外骨骼系統(tǒng)，可穿戴機(jī)械設(shè)備意味著一種新的技術(shù)平臺(tái)即將粉墨登場(chǎng),。這些設(shè)備將使人們——還包括管理他們的企業(yè)和機(jī)構(gòu)——采用更大的力量,、精確性和計(jì)算性能來從事高難度任務(wù)。工業(yè)革命和信息時(shí)代使人類在機(jī)器面前越來越被邊緣化,，那么讓人穿上“機(jī)械戰(zhàn)甲”,，會(huì)不會(huì)讓我們重回時(shí)代的舞臺(tái)中央？（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：樸成奎

????Military

????Like industry, the military wants strength for its skilled workers. Information about these devices is tightly guarded, but it’s known that what is now Ekso Bionics developed the core technology that Lockheed Martin is using to build the HULC Robotic Exoskeleton (its name is pronounced like the incredible Marvel Comics superhero), a battery-powered, hydraulic system that helps a soldier squat, crawl, and lift while carrying pack loads of up to 200 lbs.

????Similarly, Battelle, the science and technology development company, is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command to develop what it calls the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit. Not much is known about the Talos suit, but the technology site Gizmodo got a good look at the helmet in July, confirming an intention to use technology to pack more gear on a soldier’s body and make it feel like he or she is carrying less than ever. (Will he ever fly? Probably not, but if he can run at length with fifty pounds of dead weight on his body, close enough.)

????In Grishin’s view, the military will be too protective about what it develops for its advances to trickle into the private sector for use in other applications. But profits in military technology are a good source for R&D funds for other applications that could reach consumers, he says, and for that reason Grishin is optimistic that gear-heads in certain areas—say, extreme sports—will demand exoskeletons of their own.

????From simplified tools to fully developed exoskeletons, wearable robotics are in a sense the debut of a new technological platform. The devices promise to allow individuals—and by extension, the companies and organizations that manage them—to perform tasks with more strength, precision, and computational capacity. The Industrial Revolution and the Information Age each threatened to cut humans out of the picture in the name of efficiency. What if combining them puts us right back in the center?