# Robotic Shorts 🤖👖

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988>\
**Category:** Tech & Gaming\
**Created:** [19 August 2019 20:26 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988 "2019-08-19T20:26:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![simonb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/simonb/32/78198_2.png) [@simonb](https://community.monzo.com/u/simonb)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2019 20:26 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988/1 "2019-08-19T20:26:51Z")

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> **[Scientists develop robotic shorts that make it easier to walk and run](https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/19/20811832/exosuit-shorts-running-walking-darpa-harvard-university)**
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> Feel as much as a dozen pounds lighter

But can they be hacked to make you run against your will 😂

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**Author:** ![anon72173902](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@anon72173902](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon72173902)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2019 20:28 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988/2 "2019-08-19T20:28:26Z")

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If they can make it so I can just go sleep and it walks me to where I wanna go then I’m in 😹

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**Author:** ![Rat\_au\_van](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/rat_au_van/32/49103_2.png) [@Rat\_au\_van](https://community.monzo.com/u/Rat_au_van)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2019 20:30 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988/3 "2019-08-19T20:30:33Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/8/5/851dbc3ce9cda89694c6a0e5555ebffc6ff71ea2.gif)

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**Author:** ![anon28680395](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@anon28680395](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon28680395)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2019 20:43 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988/4 "2019-08-19T20:43:52Z")

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V interesting but I imagine the weight and battery life won’t make it useful for the things they claim like a PCT hike.

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**Author:** ![anon12104950](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@anon12104950](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon12104950)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2019 11:00 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/robotic-shorts/76988/5 "2019-08-20T11:00:47Z")

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Remember in Red Dwarf when Queeg 500 took over Rimmers holographic body and made him run three miles, and he fainted after the first 500 yards? That would be me with these shorts.