Space engineers are building robotic suit for soldiers, workers

Many people were deeply impressed by the powered metal suit worn by Tom Cruise in the film Edge of Tomorrow. Though real-world technologies are still far from enabling such advanced machines, engineers are moving in that direction.

Chinese engineers from multiple institutes have developed several types of anthropomorphic wearable robots, popularly known as powered exoskeletons, and have been testing them.

Among these endeavors, engineers from the Beijing Institute of Precision Mechatronics and Controls, part of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, seem to be ahead of others, since they can mass-produce their products as soon as the first contract is inked.