• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 22:10
CET 04:10
KST 12:10
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT28Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
Weekly Cups (Feb 16-22): MaxPax doubles0Weekly Cups (Feb 9-15): herO doubles up2ACS replaced by "ASL Season Open" - Starts 21/0258LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals (Feb 10-16)46Weekly Cups (Feb 2-8): Classic, Solar, MaxPax win2
StarCraft 2
General
Terran AddOns placement How do you think the 5.0.15 balance patch (Oct 2025) for StarCraft II has affected the game? Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT Oliveira Would Have Returned If EWC Continued
Tourneys
PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar) SEL Doubles (SC Evo Bimonthly) WardiTV Team League Season 10 RSL Season 4 announced for March-April The Dave Testa Open #11
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026] Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 514 Ulnar New Year The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 513 Attrition Warfare Mutation # 512 Overclocked
Brood War
General
TvZ is the most complete match up BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Soma Explains: JD's Unrelenting Aggro vs FlaSh ACS replaced by "ASL Season Open" - Starts 21/02 BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [LIVE] [S:21] ASL Season Open Day 1 ASL Season 21 Qualifiers March 7-8 Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread Path of Exile Beyond All Reason New broswer game : STG-World
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread Mexico's Drug War
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TL MMA Pick'em Pool 2013
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
YOUTUBE VIDEO
XenOsky
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Inside the Communication of …
TrAiDoS
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
How do archons sleep?
8882
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2052 users

Iron man suit

Blogs > nimysa
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
nimysa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States383 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-04 22:41:43
May 04 2009 22:41 GMT
#1
I was kinda bored the other day and I thought about the futuristic suit used by Tony Stark. The idea came from a book called Starship troopers where people no longer used vehicles or tanks (the creators of Iron man even mentioned this). What really is bugging me is, is it actually possible with present technology to develop this kind of suit? Is it possible we might actually develop suits like this in the future?

Could someone actually develop some kind of suit like this by themselves? Anyone knowledgeable about this kind of stuff fill me in on this?

*
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
May 04 2009 22:44 GMT
#2
you cannot be serious
ModeratorHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
May 04 2009 22:44 GMT
#3
I am Batman btw
ModeratorHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-04 22:45:29
May 04 2009 22:45 GMT
#4
I don't think this is possible any time too soon. Japan has developed suits with some functions such as basic movement, lifting capabilities, or some jumping.

but we are a long ways away from developing something that could fly / be armored. I would imagine it would get too hot to survive in.

When watching Iron Man I kept saying to myself "shouldn't these bullets and shit be knocking him over"?
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
May 04 2009 22:46 GMT
#5
: |
Hates Fun🤔
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
May 04 2009 22:54 GMT
#6
Yes.

I design robotic suits in my spare time. You'd be interested to know I am an English student. So my spare time is immense. Hence the robotic suits.

The first consideration to be made is what nemesis will you do battle with? Robotic suits are good and fine but if you have no awesome intent for it the idea is a wash. Peacekeeping? That is stupid. Nah we need something hot and sexy.. something that will eventually be turned into a movie and made famous. How about a robotic suit that does combat with space/mutant/magical villains? Great.

After I have picked a purpose for the robotic suit I then need to find the inevitable resources for the suit:

1. old wizened former military scientist who happened to specialize in robotic suit making or some metal or weapon.

2. special metals that came from an asteroid or were exclusively designed by your company/your father's company.

3. Semi-comical excuse to decorate/color the suit a certain way.

4. A series of convenient circumstances that make the suit both semi-feasible (you are rich, you know someone rich, they are military/you are military, someone died etc) and believable in a science fiction kind of way.

Once I have secured these elements I build it in my garage.

Those were just examples though.

My situation is a little less dramatic. My father owns a black ops military organization called "The Steel Fist of God." He was designing an experimental suit that would allow 1 soldier to become the perfect warrior, capable of defeating an entire nation with his own cold, steel hands of destruction. Well his right hand man named Alexander Chase Maximus got jealous and murdered my father while he was up late at night during a rainstorm designing the suit. I was away at college (Harvard) pursuing a degree in astro physics and nuclear engineering. When I returned and found my murdered father and the suit missing I knew there really was only one thing I could do.

Build my own suit.

So I tracked down my father's leading scientist, an old man with balding white hair named Walter Klopenheimer. Together we were able to build the suit in my dad's old (secret) laboratory through the use of montage and vague suggestions of time passage we did this in what seemed like a relatively quick period of time. After melding the experimental asteroid metal with the doctor's zany theory of lazer theory we made a robotic suit capable of cutting through the strongest of metals. We called it "The Red Death." For dramatic purposes I married the doctor's beautiful german model daughter and made love to her shortly before my final showdown with the "Steel Fist of God" suit. Needless to say LA was destroyed but the girl was saved (oh she was captured btw) and I was able to stop the suit from doing ambiguous misdeeds of villainy related (plausibly) to middle eastern conflicts and money.

Anyways, I hope I answered your question.
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
May 04 2009 22:57 GMT
#7
It's true.

He makes me fight him and he's pretty good with his suit
ModeratorHi! I'm a .signature *virus*! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7221 Posts
May 04 2009 23:01 GMT
#8
On May 05 2009 07:54 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
You'd be interested to know I am an English student. So my spare time is immense.

i loled
Entusman #12
renchak
Profile Joined April 2009
209 Posts
May 04 2009 23:01 GMT
#9
Incontrol also known as Cub man?
REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1904 Posts
May 04 2009 23:06 GMT
#10
I saw two different suits on tv.
The first one was heavily armored to resist bear punches to get close to bears. it worked, only downside was that the wearer was as fast as a sloth. The second suit was a exoskeleton which basically made you stronger and faster but one hit would probably destroy all the circuits in it -.-
Jetpacks also already exist but they are hard to control and can only be used for a very short time.
Now combine those 3 things and you got your ironman suit
I'm sure it's gonna happen some day but probably only prototypes.
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
May 04 2009 23:09 GMT
#11
incontrol for #1 poster
UNFUCK YOURSELF
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43617 Posts
May 04 2009 23:11 GMT
#12
These already exist, although they're not full suits but rather exoskeletons. Still, the more advanced ones respond to minute changes in the muscles to mimic the intent of the body but with far more strength than the body is normally capable of. So far they've only given them basic abilities like heavy lifting because stuff like balance is seriously hard to give to a robot.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
May 04 2009 23:12 GMT
#13
Well duh. If Tony Stark, a fictional character based on a comic book, can create a suit out of scrap metal in a cave while under surveillance and later perfecting his suit with his billion dollar fortune, we'll all be flying around in our Iron Man suits by the year 2010. After all, Barack Obama did promise change and a better future, one in which we can all blow shit up with highly advanced technology.
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
GunsofthePatriots
Profile Joined August 2007
South Africa991 Posts
May 04 2009 23:12 GMT
#14
On May 05 2009 07:45 travis wrote:
I don't think this is possible any time too soon. Japan has developed suits with some functions such as basic movement, lifting capabilities, or some jumping.

but we are a long ways away from developing something that could fly / be armored. I would imagine it would get too hot to survive in.

When watching Iron Man I kept saying to myself "shouldn't these bullets and shit be knocking him over"?


The United States has as well...
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
May 04 2009 23:15 GMT
#15
wow....Incontrols post was actually really good.



Have you considered Lego Mindstorms, that's a pretty good place to start. Start small and work your way up
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
May 05 2009 00:10 GMT
#16
The US military has a strength augmentation suit thing...it's more of an exoskeleton than a "suit" as you would imagine it. It's like a frame that has the same joints as you do and will reinforce your own strength as you operate it.

However...this has zero combat implications. It's used for logistical purposes...loading/unloading cargo, transporting supplies, etc.
Hello
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
May 05 2009 00:13 GMT
#17
On May 05 2009 09:10 PH wrote:
The US military has a strength augmentation suit thing...it's more of an exoskeleton than a "suit" as you would imagine it. It's like a frame that has the same joints as you do and will reinforce your own strength as you operate it.

However...this has zero combat implications. It's used for logistical purposes...loading/unloading cargo, transporting supplies, etc.


yeah so basically we already have the SCV, the next step is making the Goliath
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
Slithe
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States985 Posts
May 05 2009 00:29 GMT
#18
Here's a video of a suit made by the bear suit guy.

GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-05 00:35:28
May 05 2009 00:34 GMT
#19
On May 05 2009 09:13 H wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 05 2009 09:10 PH wrote:
The US military has a strength augmentation suit thing...it's more of an exoskeleton than a "suit" as you would imagine it. It's like a frame that has the same joints as you do and will reinforce your own strength as you operate it.

However...this has zero combat implications. It's used for logistical purposes...loading/unloading cargo, transporting supplies, etc.


yeah so basically we already have the SCV, the next step is making the Goliath

We have siege tanks too. And something like marines (if you assume that we arn't giving our soldiers stim packs, or we're talking about marines w/out stim).

edit: and inc in a mechanical suit vs batman? sick.
PhotographerLiquipedia. Drop me a pm if you've got questions/need help.
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
May 05 2009 02:13 GMT
#20
On May 05 2009 09:29 Slithe wrote:
Here's a video of a suit made by the bear suit guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPS2l5fQ55A


hi
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
LiuLi Cup Grand Finals Group B
CranKy Ducklings169
LiquipediaDiscussion
AI Arena Tournament
20:00
RO8
DaveTesta Events
18:15
The Dave Testa Open #11
davetesta71
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 248
NeuroSwarm 147
Ketroc 65
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 2614
ggaemo 227
NaDa 80
Shine 58
Dota 2
LuMiX2
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox1024
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor163
Other Games
summit1g9078
JimRising 504
ViBE105
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick769
Counter-Strike
PGL228
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 428
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• Sammyuel 0
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• HerbMon 38
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Doublelift7088
• Rush505
Upcoming Events
PiG Sty Festival
5h 50m
Clem vs Serral
Maru vs ShoWTimE
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6h 50m
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
11h 50m
Replay Cast
1d 5h
Wardi Open
1d 8h
Monday Night Weeklies
1d 13h
Replay Cast
1d 20h
Replay Cast
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
[ Show More ]
KCM Race Survival
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

[S:21] ASL SEASON OPEN 2nd Round
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Acropolis #4 - TS5
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
Spring Cup 2026
WardiTV Winter 2026
PiG Sty Festival 7.0
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025

Upcoming

ASL Season 21: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 21: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
CSLAN 4
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
NationLESS Cup
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
FISSURE Playground #3
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.