'Iron Man'-Like Robot Suit

[Paradyme]

'Iron Man'-Like Robot Suit Helps Disabled Move


In the movies, Cyberdyne is a corporation whose superintelligent computers lead to the fall of mankind in the "Terminator" series, and HAL is a superintelligent computer who takes over a spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey."

In real life, Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics company, and HAL is Hybrid Assistive Limb, its full-body, "Iron Man"-like exoskeleton designed to help people with weak muscles or disabilities.

"When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron (sic), moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence," explains the English-language section of the Cyberdyne Web site. "At this moment, very weak biosignals can be detected on the surface of the skin. 'HAL' catches these signals through a sensor attached on the skin of the wearer."

Cyberdyne says the HAL-5 model weighs about 50 pounds, though it supports its own weight, and increases the wearer's strength up to 10-fold. It runs on battery power and can go nearly 3 hours before needing a recharge.

The U.S. military has been trying to develop robotic exoskeletons for decades to help soldiers carry heavy loads or move at high speeds.
But at a suggested retail price of about $4,000 (for Japanese residents only, and not yet available), the HAL "robot suit" may be the first aimed at civilians.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514059,00.html

I can has one?

 

[huskerwebhead]

Amazing.

 

[The Squirrel]

Why name your company the same name of another company that leads to the destruction of mankind?

 

[Ugfugly]

$4,000? Holy crap I wonder if my wife would let me get this instead of a cruiser. Seriously I'd be nerdgasming all the time

 

[Master Chief]

I can see vigilantes rising. :heart:

 

[The Spawn]

Aimed at civilians is right.

 

[akoya]

I remember this.

I think the scariest part of the promo ads was the fact that children were in the suits. Children promoting HAL-suits by Cyberdyne. HOLY HELL.

 

[Eggyman]

Awesome! They should throw a lil hotrod red in there.

 

[SWAT]

Cyberdyne? HAL? I don't like were this is going...

 

[Joker]

Also the British (I think) have a sattelite defense system named Skynet.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Do these mother****ers not watch movies or TV? Don't they know what they're doing?

 

[darkseid26]

looks kinda like the saiyan armor from DBZ, well atleast the shoulder pads

 

[thejon93]

Wow... that looks like crap

 

[Nathan]

Buy a helmet, paint everything red and gold and the fun begins.

 

[KevanG]

I'm going to wait for the Mega-blaster optional accesrory before I buy one

 

[Scarlet spidey]

That thing reminds me of the portal gun from "Portal".
That game rocked.

 

[Timstuff]

It needs a helmet!

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

A hemet would add a more badass look to it. The helmet should have old school Transformer face.

 

[Lord Valumart]

well....it looks better than this one:

 

[Mike_D202]

Attach a jetpack to it. Then we'll talk.

 

[Shemtov]

Why name your company the same name of another company that leads to the destruction of mankind?

Because Termanator really is gonna happen and they sent people back to make the movies to warn people.
This is proof.

 

[Clark Kent]

It increases strength 10-fold. Does it do the same for speed?

 

[zahanbil]

well....it looks better than this one:

My friend is completely paralyzed from the chest down, so while I hope they come out with something to where he was walk again, I really hope it doesn't look/ sound like this, because I believe I'd be too terrified to walk with him anymore.

 

[The Guard]

So...increases your strength tenfold if you're at normal strength? Or if you're damn near crippled?