Suggestions for the order of military exoskeletons classification

Suggestions for the order of military exoskeletons classification

Evgeniy A. Antokhin
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, Research Scientist, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, tel.: +7(962)984-65-17, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Elena V. Pis’mennaya
PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, Senior Research Scientist, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, tel.: +7(910)402-73-21, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ORCID: 0000-0002-7833-1235

Alexander N. Schukin
PhD in Technical Sciences, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, Head of Research and Development Department, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, tel.: +7(903)121-26-96, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Leonid L. Voronin
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 46 Central Research Institute, Research Scientist, 10, Chukotsky proezd, Moscow, 129327, Russia, tel.: +7(926)648-99-79, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Received 24 February 2021

Abstract
The article defines the role and place of exoskeletal structures for military purposes in the military equipment of military personnel, and provides a brief analysis of the functional tasks assigned to them. Based on the results of the analysis, a new formulation of the concept of «military exoskeletons» is proposed, and the order of their classification is recommended. Based on the practical experience of creating and using exoskeletons for military purposes, a general description of all the proposed classification groups and their features is given.

Key words
Military exoskeleton, military combat equipment, classification groups, active assault-type exoskeleton, passive exoskeleton, explosive exoskeleton, rigging exoskeleton, medical exoskeleton.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31776/RTCJ.9302

Bibliographic description
Antokhin, E., Pis'mennaya, E., Schukin, A. and Voronin, L., 2021. Suggestions for the order of military exoskeletons classification. Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, 9(3), pp.172-179.

UDC identifier:
617.3:615.477

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