In China, there was now a sight reminiscent of the game Death Stranding. A man with an exoskeleton is lifting quite large loads with ease.
Death Stranding was one of the big games of the past months and definitely a rather crazy gaming experience – and one of our best post-apocalyptic games. But that was to be expected from a game by Hideo Kojima.
However, it seems that the game was not so far removed from reality as we all thought – at least in one aspect. Because the heavy load that your main character carries through the vast game world in Death Stranding also exists in the real world.
At least in China, someone has now been spotted wearing an exoskeleton capable of transporting large loads. Visually, it strongly resembles Death Stranding.
What kind of device is this? The exoskeleton was developed by ULS Robotics and is currently being tested in China. The Chinese company Ele.me, a major food delivery service, is experimenting with ULS’s exoskeleton.
If the tests are successful, it is intended to help deliverers effortlessly transport loads of up to 50kg. The load will primarily be transferred onto the exoskeleton, while the deliverer basically just “steers” the skeleton in the right direction.
For comparison – this is how it looked in Death Stranding:
Even though the movements in the video still look a bit slow and tentative, especially when going up and down stairs, such an exoskeleton could soon be widely used for deliverers and significantly facilitate their work.
What do you think of such an exoskeleton? A cool thing that will surely find many applications? Or is the world perhaps developing too quickly towards creepy science fiction?
