Do You Even Lift Bro? GE's Hardiman And The Human-Machine Interface
Decades before driverless car researchers struggled to create an effective human-machine interface, GE was wrestling with its own, lower-tech version of how to meld steel and flesh. It was called the Hardiman. Hardiman started in 1965 as a joint Army-Navy project to build a powered exoskeleton that could “amplify” human strength by a factor of 25 — so hefting the maximum load of 1,500 pounds would feel to the wearer like lifting 60 pounds. The project sponsors wanted a machine that could move cargo or equipment.
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