Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a multi-purpose functional ruck weight (FRW). The FRW includes a packing mode, a two-handed swinging mode, and a dumbbell mode. The FRW is a weight reflectively mirrored about a bisecting longitudinal axis. The weight includes a top and a bottom surface. The FRW includes a swing handle defined by a first aperture extending through the top and bottom surfaces. The weight may be carried in a rucksack against the user's body in a packing mode. The first aperture may be configured such that the first and second hand of the user, in a two-handed swinging mode, are spatially distributed and oriented along intersecting axes. The grip handle may be configured, in a dumbbell mode, such that the user's first hand is inserted through the second and third aperture to grip the grip handle at the center of the FRW.

Abstract: A wire tie looping system including a twist cylinder including an elongated semicylindrical member having a cylindrical face portion and a planar face portion, and a peg extending from the planar face portion and adapted to rotate about a twist axis, a bend cylinder including a peg extending therefrom and adapted to rotate about a bend axis oriented transverse to the twist axis and translate along the bend axis, an edge sensor adapted to sense proximity of an edge defined by an intersection of the cylindrical and planar face portions and laterally offset from the twist axis to enable a length of wire to pass vertically into a looping position including the length of wire adjacent the planar face portion oriented vertically, and a control system to control the twist cylinder, the bend cylinder, and the edge sensor to form a looped wire tie from a length of wire.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a multi-purpose functional ruck weight (FRW). The FRW includes a packing mode, a two-handed swinging mode, and a dumbbell mode. The FRW is a weight reflectively mirrored about a bisecting longitudinal axis. The weight includes a top and a bottom surface. The FRW includes a swing handle defined by a first aperture extending through the top and bottom surfaces. The weight may be carried in a rucksack against the user's body in a packing mode. The first aperture may be configured such that the first and second hand of the user, in a two-handed swinging mode, are spatially distributed and oriented along intersecting axes. The grip handle may be configured, in a dumbbell mode, such that the user's first hand is inserted through the second and third aperture to grip the grip handle at the center of the FRW.