Send a comment on this item to LII: Send a comment on this item to LII staff, who on weekdays will usually reply within 24 hours. Building the Real Iron Man This 2008 feature provides background about the XOS exoskeleton, a project under development by the Sarcos robotics company with funding from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that has taken the "military's 40-year-old fantasy of mechanically enhanced soldiers that can carry heavy loads and begun to make it real." Features photos, a video, and sidebar articles. From Popular Science. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/building-real-iron-man Asterisk * indicates required field. Your Name Your Email Address * We will not sell or provide your email address to anyone else. Comment * Enter the verification code as it is shown in the box below. This helps prevent automated submissions. *