Cyborg Suit Multplies Human Strength

[parasearchers]

The latest robot science ingenuity from Japan is a cyborg suit designed to help weak people move like they are strong.

The Six-Million-Dollar Man-On-The-Outside suit is called HAL (nothing to do with the HAL 9000 of Space Odyssey movie fame) for "Hybrid Assistive Limb" and it's the product of Cyberdyne Corp.

The company created the cyborg suit to "upgrade the existing physical capabilities of the human body," and give those with weak limbs or limited physical range the walking and motion abilities of an able-bodied person.

http://parasearcher.blogspot.com/2009/08/cyborg-suit-multiplies-human-strength.html

[SteppingRazor]

1. Either this is a hoax, or the people who started the company have a great sense of humor. n/t

[phantom power]

3. They missed their opportunity to call it the Model 101.

:rofl:

[Veruca Salt]

6. +1

I was waiting for the SkyNet reference next.

[Speck Tater]

2. I first saw this in Popular Mechanics magazine in 1962. Yawn. nt

[mike_c]

4. um-- three people with white plastic strap-on leggings....

:rofl:

I cannot see any indication those thin leggings are powered, and they appear to be attached with thin velcro-like straps, which is to say that they're attached to the wearer's legs, but not in any way that would transfer much biomechanical force. It looks like the humans are powering them, not the other way around.

Call me sceptical....

[MichellesBFF]

5. Woo hoo!

Here comes Iron Man!

[moggie]

7. Video of their next model here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNX8gyGnwuc