print email comment close The Rise of the Body Bots URL: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/the-rise-of-the-body-bots Description: This 2005 article surveys research and development related to exoskeletons, which "in military research labs, popular fiction, and movies, [have] come to mean a 'supersuit,' a system that can greatly augment a person's physical abilities." Includes images, sidebars about exoskeleton projects in the United States and Asia, and related links. From IEEE Spectrum magazine. Author: Guizzo, Eric; Goldstein, Harry Publisher: IEEE Extra Keywords robotic LII Database Information: Record 25971 created by Jennifer English on 04/23/2008 Last modification on 09/24/2009 Published: 04/30/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25971