{"id":556,"date":"2015-10-13T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=556"},"modified":"2015-10-13T15:17:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:17:01","slug":"darpas-warrior-web-project-may-provide-super-human-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"DARPA\u2019s Warrior Web project may provide super-human enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200aDismounted Soldiers carrying full battle gear are pushed to their physical limits. Soldiers often heft 100 pounds or more of essentials. How the Soldier of the future maintains a decisive edge may lie in innovations developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat load is a critical issue,\u201d said Lt. Col. Joe Hitt, a former Warrior Web program manager. \u201cIn Warrior Web, we want to explore approaches which make that kind of load feel, in terms of the effort to carry it, as if its weight has been cut in half. That\u2019s the goal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DARPA launched the Warrior Web program in September 2011, seeking to create a soft, lightweight undersuit to help reduce injuries and fatigue while improving mission performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one reason for discharge from the military in recent years is musculoskeletal injury,\u201d Hitt said. \u201cWarrior Web is specifically being designed to address the key injuries at the ankle, knee, hip, lower back and shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Army researchers have been evaluating prototype devices for DARPA at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Harvard University\u2019s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering<\/a> spent the past several years developing a biologically inspired smart suit that aims to boost efficiency through a new approach. A series of webbing straps contain a microprocessor and a network of strain sensors.<\/p>\n

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Spc. Rafael Boza, a Soldier from the 1st Infantry Division, tests the prototype smart suit on a three-mile course of paved roads and rough terrain at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Oct. 3, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Tom Faulkner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe suit mimics the action of leg muscles and tendons so a Soldier\u2019s muscles expend less energy,\u201d said Dr. Ignacio Galiana, a robotics engineer working on the project.<\/p>\n

Galiana said the team looked to nature for inspiration in developing cables and pulleys that interact with small motors to provide carefully timed assistance without restricting movement.<\/p>\n

DARPA selected the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to evaluate several Warrior Web prototypes at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility, or SPEAR.<\/p>\n

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