That’s not a robot – THIS is a robot: The Furrion Prosthesis

Its 4.2 metres tall, 5 metres wide, weighs 3,500kg has a top speed of 30km/h. But what is it? Well if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes and someone told me about it I’d think they had a drug problem. It’s called “Prosthesis” – a racing robot coming to a stadium near you.

A human controls the mammoth exo-bionic contraption by climbing in and strapping themselves into the control harness. Arms and legs are used to make the entire battery powered machine literally walk along all kinds of landscape, it’s so big and powerful it can jump cars.

The human piloted machine runs off electro-hydraulics with direct haptic feedback. The suspension has 50cm of travel and custom engineered air and coil over shocks.

So what on earth can this machine be used for, Furrion believe this is the future of “Mech Racing”. They envision a stadium full of obstacles, challenges and head to head clashes. Whatever the case this was one of the more amazing exhibits here at CES.

We very much look forward to the Exo-Bionic Racing League!

Recent Posts

  • Tech

Fujifilm Australia announces the new Fujifilm X-T30 III, a compact, mirrorless digital camera for everyone

Fujifilm Australia has announced the launch of the Fujifilm X-T30 III, their latest X-series compact…

3 days ago
  • Tech

Amazon’s smart glasses may be the first of their kind with an actual purpose

Amazon is a company delivering billions and billions of packages every single day, so they…

3 days ago
  • Lifestyle

Android vs Apple – putting July’s CaseSafe Luggage to the tracking test

When I first reviewed the July luggage almost seven years ago when the company was…

3 days ago
  • Tech

The Belkin UltraCharge 2-in-1 Foldable is an outstanding desk buddy you can take with you when you travel!

Look I know this product isn't designed specifically for travel, Belkin has products like that…

3 days ago
  • Tech

Samsung Galaxy XR announced running Android XR platform

At their Galaxy Unpacked ‘World’s Wide Open’ event yesterday, Samsung and Google unveiled the first…

4 days ago
  • Tech

Urgent calls to replace or update older Samsung phones amid Triple Zero call concerns

The Telco industry has been razor focussed on the Triple Zero system in recent weeks…

4 days ago