Chapter 128 - 40 Green-Skinned Tech Overlord
The situation developed somewhat unexpectedly for Lin Miao.
He had only asked Mantou and Natural Curl to find Adcardo to process a batch of parts, but had never imagined the players and NPCs would end up chatting about technology together.
Oh well, let them chat. At least Mantou hadn’t forgotten the task assigned to her, and at least the exoskeleton’s production was proceeding in an orderly fashion, although the location had shifted from the office to Adcardo’s camp, given that they had better tools there.
What Lin Miao didn’t know was that Mantou was not only communicating with Mitch in the game but also constantly seeking her old man’s assistance outside the game. This combination of efforts both inside and outside the game not only gradually perfected the exoskeleton’s design but also increased its cost, though it largely remained within his expectations.
Relying on the advanced industrial level of this world, the prices of many non-high-end industrial products were unexpectedly low. Coupled with the cheap prosthetics, they managed to create a prototype in about two days.
The finished product lived up to the name exoskeleton, with its limbs driven by dual motors instead of the originally designed single motor, totaling 24 small motors for twelve joints in the limbs. The main skeletal structure of the limbs consisted of two parallel 12mm stainless steel rods, integrated with a bionic neural control system from the prosthetics, and covered with a 10mm thick steel plate for protection, emphasizing a simplistic style.
The chest was equipped with a mechanical breastplate made of six pieces of composite metal, which was also where the exoskeleton was worn.
The hands were connected externally by four wide metal segments with hinged finger bones and a sensor glove, looking somewhat clumsy and incapable of delicate movements. The only parts resembling exoskeleton armor were the feet and back, with heavy iron boots and knee guards made of engineering plastic extending to the knees.
The most expensive item was probably the 62V polymer battery on its back, worth 800 Euros, salvaged from a car, which could power the exoskeleton for about six hours when fully charged, entirely protected by composite metal plates.
The weight increased from the originally designed 120KG to 160KG, and the payload capacity went up to 800KG, with the ability to lift 350KG with hydraulic hand assistance, though flexibility was somewhat lacking. Overall, it lagged far behind those mid-to-high-end prosthetic modifiers in both performance and speed, maxing out at 12KM/H. Compared to those cyborgs who had modified their legs, it was relatively slow, let alone against professionals.