8/3/2009

Mecha suit released for the Japanese mass market

Cyberdyne’s cyborg employees are out strutting their stuff on the streets in Tokyo wearing the latest version of the robotics company’s mecha suit, the “HAL” (Hybrid Assistive Limb). Cyberdyne is now starting mass production the robot suit, which can sense the user’s intended motion and amplify their strength from 50 to 70%. According to its inventor, Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai of Tsukuba University, the suit will, “assist disorder persons (sic) or aged people.”

The 3Yen has reported on these powered exoskeletons several times before, but none of those devices had such infamous rogue robot names as Cyberdyne’s HAL.
(That is, Cyberdyne, was the company the created the Terminators, and HAL was the villain of 2001: A Space Odyssey).

Refer to previous 3Yen reports:
–Honda puts a bot up your butt
–Wrong Trousers Honda’s new kinky strap-on

The older, bulkier version made its debut back in August 2006 as shown in the video below.

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1. Taro Says:
   August 3rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   I was searching for the Japanese DVD of Wrong Trousers and I came across these very wrong trousers—a Japanese toy leiderhosen robot remotely controlled by a pink phallus!

   

2. Cbass Says:
   August 4th, 2009 at 2:47 am

   That robot leg device stuff made me remember the alien 2 movie where Ripley gets into a badass robotic armor to fight agaisnt the alien queen

   this one: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xfi0yI2ta-4/SSBVXXd_OzI/AAAAAAAABYc/b81C1Xyg_14/s320/alien-robot.jpg

3. Taro Says:
   August 4th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

   Embiggen to 610×900,

   daylife.com
   Passersby look at Cyberdyne Inc. employee Fumi Takeuchi belting at her waist with the Japanese company’s robot suit HAL during their promotion of the 10-kilogram (22-pound) system in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. The robot suit HAL, short for “hybrid assistive limb,” that helps the injured and weak get around has been on rental in Japan for 220,000 yen (US$2,200) a month in a rare case of such technology becoming a real commercial product.

4. Taro Says:
   August 4th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

   Note: This press release contains FRAUDULENT information about helping persons with “spinal cord injuries“—The HAL device has no large gyroscopes or multi-directional ankle joints meaning a within the first or second step paraplegics would simply fall on their faces since their paralysis prevents them making minor adjustments to remain standing.

   Japanese ‘robot suit’ to help disabled
   –A Japanese company has unveiled a robotic suit that is designed to help people with weak limbs or limited physical range to walk and move like an able-bodied person–
   Japanese ‘robot suit’ to help disabled – Telegraph – 3:48PM BST 03 Aug 2009
   The suit, called HAL – or Hybrid Assistive Limb – is the work of Cyberdyne Corporation in Japan, and has been created to “upgrade the existing physical capabilities of the human body”.
   HAL, which weighs 23kg, is comprised of robotic ‘limbs’, and a backpack containing the suit’s battery and computer system. It is strapped to the body and controlled by thought. When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles, and very weak traces of these signals can be detected on the surface of the skin. The HAL suit identifies these signals using a sensor attached the skin of the wearer, and a signal is sent to the suit’s power unit telling the suit to move in unison with the wearer’s own limbs.
   People with physical disabilities, such as stroke-induced paralysis or spinal cord injuries, can hire the suit at a cost of Y220,000 (£1,370) per month, and Cyberdyne Corporation believes the technology can have a variety of applications, including in physical training and rehabilitation, adding extra “muscle” to heavy labour jobs, and even in rescue and recovery operations...more...

   Please to not ask me information on obtaining the HAL—There are so few handicapped people it can help actually help that these press releases are a cruel hoax on the handicapped. The real use of the HAL legs is for the military—Handicapped folks, especially those spinal cord injuries, will need to wait another 10 years or so.

5. RSeiteBig Says:
   August 19th, 2009 at 9:58 am

   Goals for your Yellow (PussY) Fever therapy are varied. You show a variety of neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms including delusions, hallucinations, psychosis, concentration disturbance, paranoia, and uncontrolled confusion.
   You and your families should be instructed to flush their gastrointestinal tract and don’t neglect to remove placentae from your offspring as the treat shown to be teratogenic in animals.

6. Tojo Rules Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 9:50 am

   All you gaijin need genius tablets since they have problems reading well enough to do everyday tasks like reading street signs,

   Try being a cod during stress to make your heart work hard and beat fast. Also avoid anything that can make your tinnitus worse. This includes smoking, alcohol, and loud noise. If you are a construction worker, an airport worker, or a hunter, or if you are regularly exposed to loud noise at home or at work, wear ear dildos or special ear condoms to protect your hearing and keep your tinnitus from getting worse. In addition, please consider getting therapy for your Asspergers.

7. Taro Says:
   August 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am

   Well Mr. Tojo Spambot, that was a real random outburst.

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