美国多家媒体相继报道了一条震撼性消息:五角大楼已经研制出了可以绑缚在美国士兵腿上的“机器腿”。借助这种钢架结构的仿生机械腿,美国大兵不但能够负重若轻,而且个个能像《水浒》中的“神行太保”一样疾步如飞。美国“国防远景研究计划署”在2000年着手研究“机器腿”。2003年11月,加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的人体工程学和机器人技术实验室成功研制出了首个仿生学机械腿。试验者背负重物,却感觉身上装备非常轻便,在美军内部引起一阵轰动。 A series of shocking news stories have been reported by many U.S. media: the Pentagon has already developed a “machine leg” that can be tied to the leg of a U.S. soldier. With this kind of bionic mechanical leg with steel frame structure, the American soldiers not only can afford to lose weight, but also all can walk like a “god of the line” in “Water Margin”. The United States “National Defense Vision Research Program” started to study the “machine leg” in 2000. In November 2003, the first bionic mechanical leg was developed successfully at the Ergonomics and Robotics Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Test subjects carrying heavy loads, but it feels very light body equipment, causing a sensation within the U.S. military.