Jonathan Tippett, a Canadian-born artist and mechanical engineer, created the world’s largest exoskeleton mech suit and is the founder of Exosapien Technologies.
Tippett began to realize his dream of creating the mechanical suit in 2003 while at the annual communal gathering in the desolate desert along the California and Nevada border. After thinking with his other engineer friends about it and working their normal jobs — Tippett once designed brain implants for neurovascular disease — they finally took the leap into developing the exoskeleton mech full-time in 2015.
Millions of dollars in research and development, visits to trade conventions and art shows, and a global pandemic later, they have a fully operational exoskeleton mech that has astounded people across the globe.
According to Tippett’s favorite tagline, “It’s a cross between an excavator, a dune buggy and a dinosaur.”
Tippett now has his sights set on a new breed of mechanized sport: a global mech racing league. It would see five or six pro athletes operating mech suits: going shoulder to shoulder on huge, complex technical racecourses, pushing things out of the way, overcoming obstacles and solving giant physical puzzles.
During 2020, Exosapien’s mech was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest tetrapod exoskeleton in the world.
(Reuters)
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