Mechanized Armor

[Zero Prime]

Call it stupid, Insane, crazy,nuts, or just plain imposable it will only incourage me more.

So i am into meched armor and robotics and i was thinking about mechanizing my armor and making a working HUD (ya I know I'm mental)and that does mean a Computor system.

What i plan on doing:

Survo Joints/motors (for increased stranth and speed)

Computor system (For operating Survos/motors and HUD)

Working HUD (Asthedics and System Stats)

Power Generator (for power duh)

Lights (just for Looks)

and a cooling system (fans to cool me off as well as the equiptment)

and if i can get a working one a energy shield emmiter (yes it is possable)

What do you think?

 

[A Guardian]

Well, it seems pretty impossible, but plausible.

You would have to have some pretty in depth knowledge of machines, and computer systems.



And id say leave the shield generator off for now, it might be doable, but not economically sound.

A.K.A. Expensive.



Good idea, but it will b alot of work, and money.

Plus youll have to find a way to provide enough power to hold up all the weight, and move.



All i can say is good luck, and you wont see me trying this anytime soon.

 

[RoboTrap]

You realize that current strength-enhancing servomotor systems are still in the prototype stage and cost tens of thousands of dollars just for a bulky tethered version, right? The only currently viable solution is slow and designed to aid elderly people, and isn't even on the market last I checked. Plus, with you talking about energy shields and the like...



This project is not just unfeasible, it's actually quite impossible.

 

[A Guardian]

You realize that current strength-enhancing servomotor systems are still in the prototype stage and cost tens of thousands of dollars just for a bulky tethered version, right? The only currently viable solution is slow and designed to aid elderly people, and isn't even on the market last I checked. Plus, with you talking about energy shields and the like...



This project is not just unfeasible, it's actually quite impossible.

Unless you have an endless supply of money, and tech nerds figuring out the coding and what not for you.



So yes, Impossible.



But who knows, in 20 years, this could be common place.

Just wait and see what the future holds Zero.

 

[Trigger]

First off everything robotrap said is completely true. Secondly, I hope you work for SARCO edit.. SARCOS cause that's the only way you're going to make a working suit of robotic armor.



Although this is a cool idea you're talking about technology that is still in development stage. Unless this is a 40 year project then, I wish you luck.

 

[Zero Prime]

did you read the quote the more you say those things the more i want to and will make this plus i'm mental and i see a wall i just smash right through it not go around it as is the conventonal way

 

[RoboTrap]

did you read the quote the more you say those things the more i want to and will make this plus i'm mental and i see a wall i just smash right through it not go around it as is the conventonal way

I'm just going to be blunt. You can't make this. Can not. As someone who sought to become a mechanical engineer, I can safely tell you that you will not be able to eclipse the millions of dollars and decades of research put into this by some of the most intelligent humans on this planet simply because you want it badly enough.



You can certainly bring your expectations down a few levels and create, say, a shock-dampening system to reduce the load of your suit. Look into SteadiCam rigs for inspiration.

 

[sidewayz]

Would be kinda cool to show up at a comic con as MC and just start picking up like ten ppl at a time lol. Just go ahead a make me one as well while your at it.

 

[Zero Prime]

Would be kinda cool to show up at a comic con as MC and just start picking up like ten ppl at a time lol. Just go ahead a make me one as well while your at it.

lol when i get this working i shour will

and to all those that say it can't be done your just making me more enthousiastc and make me wan't to do this more so if you try to put me down your realy just boosting me up so. but i'll start puting pics up soon of both the Peping and resininig prosses and mechanizind progress

 

[Spartan137]

Mechanized MJOLNIR is by no means impossible. There are plenty of DARPA projects that say it is possible. The problems you are going to run into, however, are pretty significant.



First, you can't just use servos in that beast. How will they know when to move? What you'll need are servos linked to the control system which will be linked to encoders. When you start moving, the encoder recognizes it, figures out the speed and direction of the movement, and determines if its worth its time to actually send power to the servos.



Next up is the power supply. While you may think two or three 6 cell 12 volt batteries could pull of your power requirements (hell, I'm assisting building a 3x4x5 foot robot weighing 120lbs with just one battery), you have to consider the duration for which the batteries will last. Which is going to be an hour or so, tops. Is it really worth it? Once the armor dies, you become trapped in a heavy suit that is difficult to move. Kinda like a man-shaped metal coffin.



Finally, energy shield generators are NOT possible. I can guarantee it.



Good luck to you, but be planning to spend alot of money.

 

[Zero Prime]

Next up is the power supply. While you may think two or three 6 cell 12 volt batteries could pull of your power requirements (hell, I'm assisting building a 3x4x5 foot robot weighing 120lbs with just one battery), you have to consider the duration for which the batteries will last. Which is going to be an hour or so, tops. Is it really worth it? Once the armor dies, you become trapped in a heavy suit that is difficult to move. Kinda like a man-shaped metal coffin.

It will run on a miniature generator witch i will make but mostly batteries (rechargeable) and Solar power Witch also charge the Batteries) so i shouldent have too many power ishues

 

[GMer56]

Finally, energy shield generators are NOT possible. I can guarantee it.

Ever heard of a plasma window? The only downside is they let lasers and such through, and that a machine the larger than you house can only create one with an area of 1 cubic inch or so.



You know the saying, given a substantial of monkeys with typewriters and an infinite number of time you will eventually get the entire written works of Shakespeare.



Unfortunately for me, I've already designed a simple circuit (without fancy ICs or microcontrollers) that would allow (theoretically) for power armor type movements - or at least analogue control of a motor... I need to finally sit down and make that prototype



You are 16 years old, what makes you think that you can make what the government has sought since the sixties. The media has confused you, ZeroPrime. You are under the assumption that "Ironman" is possible. It is not. That is called "science fiction", which is fantasy, covered up with some stuff scientists were came up with jokingly.

Don't pull the "Star Trek" card with cellphones. The cellphone wasn't far fetched- as there were cell phones in the 50's. They were just very large. The logical step was to make them smaller. And the cathode ray tube (the thing in the early 2000's televisions) has been around since before 1919.



So no. Real MJOLNIR armor is impossible. That's why halo takes place in the 26th century. In the future, we have the technology.

 

[Zero Prime]

well lots of the engieneis that wok for the govement ae over engeinering idiots (no offence) they make things more complicated than they need to be most often the most complex poblem can be fixed in the most simplist way

 

[GMer56]

I guess that you will just have to find out for yourself, then.

 

[Bigwillie5]

i think this all a joke, obviously there rnt such things as working shield generators, or maybe there are and we dont know.......

 

[Boba Fett]

the problem with servos is they will be SLOWER than your limbs. You may be a bit stronger, but your armor is liable to crack, and you'll move about the speed of a ssnail. Plus, co-ordinating movement... Sorry, but unless you have acces to advanced computer equipment, ways of molding strong composite metals and such, there is no way to do it. Not to mention cash... It would take a LOT of bank robberies to finish it, and by that time, you won't be needing the suit anyway...

 

[I am Fuzzy Bear]

well lots of the engieneis that wok for the govement ae over engeinering idiots (no offence) they make things more complicated than they need to be most often the most complex poblem can be fixed in the most simplist way

Mabye you should work on your spelling first before you venture out into mechanical engeneering, electronic engeneering, and particle physics.



But, i don't think its impossible because nothing is impossible. Tell you what, after we finish making this, lets build a full sized 10,000 kilometer Halo ring and geneticlly engeneer some flood to put on our ring so we can test out the suit's effectiveness.

 

[bboyfresco]

After seeing a bunch of these types of threads



They just to sound all the same

"I'm gonna do this and that" threads that never materialize into any kind of real wip in thread.



The person enters with all these ideas but no schematics or know how on how to actually do this.



I don't want to discourage anyone but most of these threads never have any substance or the adequate funds to actually have it come to frutiton. I guess it fun to think about it like science fiction and have imagination but if the military doesn't even have these things issued to soldiers how do we even begin to recreate these ideas.

 

[SchizophrenicMC]

I think it's completely inappropriate for me to add anything to this, but I will, anyway.



Dude... DUDE... NO



For starters, some of that is physically impossible by today's most expensive and effective technology. Just moving in an exoskeleton is a long, drawn-out, tethered process. That thing's connected to a power supply and a computer OUTSIDE the unit, and is incapable of housing either within.



I watch SciFi Science, too, kid, and Michio Kaku does over think things. But, even I can tell you that overestimation of technology is worse than underestimation. A deflector shield, a la Star Wars, is possible, but not feasible, and it would be bound to only where you could create a magnetic field and pump superheated plasma in.



Listen, liking SciFi is all fun and good, but you've gotta limit your goals. I'm happy just making a suit that looks kinda like something in a good game. I don't wanna build a YT-1300 Light Freighter. If you can't handle that truth, maybe it's not for you.

 

[Boba Fett]

Amen