GOV/MIL These Army Exoskeletons Make Soldiers Shoot Straighter

[Housecarl]

Remember the brouhaha about the AR pistol "wrist brace"........

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Jun 2, 2015 @ 4:58 PM
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These Army Exoskeletons Make Soldiers Shoot Straighter

Ready, aim, robot

By Jordan Valinsky

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Ready for part-robocop? The U.S. Army is developing an exoskeleton that fits over an arm to ensure that the wearer's gunshots are dead-on accurate.

The Mobile Arm Exoskeleton for Firearm Aim Stabilization (MAXFAS) is an intricate system involving cables and sensors to survey movement and release the wearer's arm "like a marionette," writes Popular Science. Gyroscopes, accelerometers and sensors are used to judge the arm's movements to determine the direction of the gunshot.

A device like that sounds heavy, but it's built using carbon fiber to keep the weight down to just 10 ounces. For now, the device isn't mobile because it requires a large frame to maintain the balance, but the hope is that future versions will be built with lightweight motors so they could be used in the field.

 

[Housecarl]

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Army Exoskeleton Makes Gunshots More Accurate

Ashley Allen / 12 mins ago

The US Army has developed a revolutionary new exoskeleton that improves a soldier’s aim with a gun. The Mobile Arm Exoskeleton for Firearm Aim Stabilization (MAXFAS) automatically steadies a soldier’s gun arm, cancelling out trembling without locking the limb, leaving it free to point at other targets at will.

“Army soldiers have to be able to hit a target at over 300 yards away,” Daniel Baechle, co-creator of MAXFAS and mechanical engineer for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, said. “That’s more than three football fields put end-to-end. Prior to basic training, many soldiers have never tried to hit a target that far away.”

“Using the Army standard M16 rifle, moving the muzzle by just one-sixteenth of an inch will result in the shot being off target by more than 17 inches at 300 yards away,” Baechele explains. “So even small tremors can result in huge aiming errors.”

Early studies on soldiers using MAXFAS show a shooting accuracy improvement of up to 27%, and Baechele hopes to improve the technology even further.

“The far-future concept I envision is that MAXFAS could become an untethered device, perhaps with motors, power supply, and control computer all in a backpack,” he predicts. “MAXFAS could then be worn on the battlefield to improve soldier aim. Alternatively, the tremor-damping algorithms could be incorporated into an existing or future exoskeleton.”

Couple MAXFAS with the recently-developed smart bullets and the US could be building the next generation of super soldiers.

 

[Rastech]

So does practice, and practice costs a lot less.

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

Robotech here we come...

 

[Sacajawea]

Thanks for making my post, Rastech.

One other point I can make, is that the mechanics will necessarily have some limitations that are insurmountable to the point of failure. So does a person's arm, eye & timing - however - I think it's been demonstrated time & again, that the will of a human being (combined with Grace) can overcome those limitations.

 

[TerryK]

Robotech here we come...

Be done with it. Put the gun on a robot and call it good

 

[Housecarl]

If you're going to go to the trouble and cost of equipping troops with a load bearing exoskeleton to extend their combat endurance adding this to the mix makes sense.

That being said, as Rastech pointed out, training is cheaper, yet the bean counters don't generally get that.

 

[BL225128]

Robotech here we come...

I particularly look forward to my own cyclone ride armor...

 

[blueinterceptor]

Practice is the answer. If you have the time to carefully aim, squeeze the trigger and remain still and not move 1/16 on an inch. You will be dead soon enough

 

[Dozdoats]

Be done with it. Put the gun on a robot and call it good

Rest assured it's being done, if not completed by now.

 

[L.A.B.]

So does practice, and practice costs a lot less.

So does static standing zen posture as it targets nerves and tendons.

The Western aficionado has something 'similar' but not actually the same with reference to muscle memory. Muscles only remember due to the fine tuning of nerves that signal thier firing.

Targeting the nerves in a workout is a new concept for sure. Think of a Stien holding contest at a beer garden. Now your onto your way to understanding the practical application for bearing combat weapons.

Static postures in various positions build this strength. From the ground through your arms, there are bundles of nerves that can work for you, or 'break down' under duress.

These are the 'martial' arts they are not teaching in CON-US.