Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 05, 2008 –
Raytheon’s newest research facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, is developing a robotic suit for the soldier of tomorrow. Known as an “Exoskeleton,” it is essentially a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance, and agility. In its May issue, Popular Science magazine likens the Exoskeleton to the “Iron Man”(R) in the movie of the same name and suggests a blurring of the lines between science fiction and reality.