Army Times: Engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, are toying with ways to lighten troops’ loads in 21st century combat.
But don’t worry — it’s still an ”early stage prototype device,” researchers said in a new video released last week to promote the project.
“Third Arm is a wearable, passive, stabilizing device for the dismounted soldier,” Dan Baechle, a mechanical engineer at Army Research Laboratory, said in the video.
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