From there the operator can use a joystick and foot pedals to make it go. Pilots can move the robot’s articulated arms and hands, which is when it really comes alive. (Good luck watching that video ...

The mech suit — a powered exoskeleton with a human pilot — has been a sci-fi mainstay ever since being used in the climactic battle in 1986's "Aliens" (and spectacularly spoofed on "Community"), going ...