Source: CNET / Lexy Savvides – December 10, 2019 Superhuman strength is now possible for us mere mortals. Imagine lifting 100 pounds as though it were only five. That’s the promise of the Guardian XO, a wearable robot that helps you lift heavy objects without straining or injuring your body. Bonus? It looks like a super […]

Source: IEEE Spectrum / Evan Ackerman – December 10, 2019 It won’t make you look like Iron Man but the Guardian XO allows you to lift 200 pounds without breaking a sweat One year ago, for IEEE Spectrum’s special report on the Top Tech for 2019, Sarcos Robotics promised that by the end of the year they’d be ready to […]

Source: ZDNet / Greg Nichols – December 10, 2019 Literally, Iron Man is happening, and one company has emerged as an early frontrunner in the robot suit game. A robotics company based in Salt Lake City is about to blow up news feeds with the release of a device that, as a species, we’ve been anticipating […]

Source: Military.com / Gina Harkins – September 18, 2019 QUANTICO, Virginia — Marines who spend much of their day lifting hefty ammunition or moving pallets full of gear could soon get a helping hand. The Marine Corps is close to signing a deal to test an exoskeleton prototype that can help a single person move as much as several leathernecks […]

Source: Robotics Business Review / Keith Shaw – July 10, 2019 How exoskeletons and robots are augmenting human capabilities in the industrial workforce. As companies and organizations look to automate their tasks through robotics and other systems, they’re quickly finding that many more tasks still require human intelligence and flexibility. In those cases, human augmentation through the use […]

Source: Thomas / David Mantey – April 2, 2019 Sarcos Robotics is responsible for some incredible technology. Last July, we introduced you to the company’s Guardian S, the 4-foot-long inspection robot that uses magnetic tracks to inch along everything from metal walls to oil pipelines. The Salt Lake City-based company is also responsible for the Guardian GT robot, which allows […]

Source: Wonderful Engineering /  March 30, 2019 When Iron Man came out, many of us fantasized about having the suit that Tony Stark builds in the movie. Over the years, the iron man suit has become one of the most iconic technology across the comics and pop culture as well. Sarcos Robotics has come up with its […]

Source: PowerEngineering / March 28, 2019 It looks like a tank crossed with a train and yet is small and agile enough to get into tight spaces within the modern electric power plant. James Dietrich, senior sales director for Sarcos, showed off the company’s new Guardian S inspection robot during POWERGEN International in Orlando. He highlighted the Guardian’s ability […]

Source: Slash Gear / Matthew DeCarlo – March 21, 2019 The U.S. Navy has partnered with a robotics company to augment the physical capabilities of workers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, a maintenance facility located in Washington state. Sarcos Robotics has been granted a contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to deliver a […]

Source: GE Reports / Fred Guterl – February 13, 2019 In popular culture, automation is generally synonymous with putting people out of work. But in real life it can do the opposite, making workers more effective at the jobs they already have. That’s the case with a full-body exoskeleton under development at Sarcos Robotics, which expects to release […]