Suit does not need training

But could they work in construction?

robots do what they are programmed to perform

As forklift driver I can tell you straight up: That robot suit will take more training to use safely.

A lot more

So the question is rather "can we programm them enough to be of any value"

Is it hard to get a forklift license?

Not hard at all

@Scale_e why do you think that?

And this is in Australia, one of the most over regulated safety conscious places on earth.

I have seen them in action, they are following the natural movements of a person

Forklifts in a foundry is a fine art though
You don't get to spill molten metal more than once

Human in a suit can operate that hot vat with more control and finesse though

I guarantee you, you’ll have to be licensed to use one. That licensing will include, at a minimum, everything that a forklift driver has to learn. You’ll then have to learn how to operate the suit on top of that.

Probably

Though what is there to learn?

How about we just go all fortuna on construction workers?

You just move

Like you'd move in every day

Yes, but in every day movement you arent carrying a tonne of weight that can crush a person next to you.

We remove their arms and replace them with prosthetic limbs?

The training isn’t so much about how to use the machine (same with forklift, it’s pretty basic), it’s about what you can *do* with it.

Safe working loads, procedures etc etc

Prosthetic limbs solve nothing if you still have the calcium spine

The thing carries the load you know

You’ll have to replace everything... at which point just wait for Boston dynamics to make a good robot.

Besides, there are already passive exosuits around to be used

https://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/w_640,h_640,c_limit,q_auto,f_auto/image001_v1zn5s.jpg

https://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/w_640,h_640,c_limit,q_auto,f_auto/image003_co5z6b.jpg

How far are we from this?

https://imgur.com/gallery/z1QenP8

That's a human.

https://www.newequipment.com/sites/newequipment.com/files/styles/article_featured_standard/public/suit-x-max-modules.jpg?itok=-NtAQqSf

Cold the air and water flowing.

https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/sapetti.jpeg

Hard the land we call our own.

All those are exosuits that are in use in the industries

Last one being a chair that is always strapped to your legs, so you can sit anywhere

Heck, you can even put it at the highest level and semi-stand while jobbing without getting your legs tired

Do they make big ones for fat people?