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Title: Hal, the new Robotsuit
Added: Aug 3, 2009
Author: tancred21
Duration: 1:36
Description:
Report organised by Foreign Press Center, Japan (FPC) http://fpcj.jp/ Robot Suit HAL is a cyborg-type robot that can expand and improve physical capability. Same with "Robot Hand project" (Gifu) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCF4G1EbT2wSolution to handicap, aging, hiking, escalating or being tomorrow commando? HAL stand for "Hybrid Assistive Limb". Japanese scientists of Cyberdine Corporation and Professor Sankai of Tsukuba University displayed HAL robot suit which improves mobility and enables the wearer to carry more. Three people enjoyed an unusual stroll wearing the robot suits in Tokyo's busy city center on a sunny summer afternoon. Japanese robotics company, Cyberdyne, said the hybrid assistive limb or HAL suits will help the injured and weak to get around. Here, the 3 users, 2 men and a woman came by subway to downtown Tokyo, walked in town without surprising the Japanese in the street, before to give a presentation to Japanese and foreign media. The suit also makes the mobility easier and increases user strength to carry heavier objects. The 10-kilogram (22-pound) machine belts at the waist, and has a battery and computer system at the back. The system also has sensors that pick up weak electric signals that are sent along the skin's surface to the brain. This allows HAL to help wearers move in the way they are thinking. The average walking speed with the assist of the suit is 1.8 kilometers per hour. The company began renting out the suits last October. The rental cost is 220-thousand yen (2,200 US dollars) a month. Practically speaking, it is an updated robotsuit version. The idea is that when a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron, moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence. 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. Based on the signals obtained, the power unit is controlled to move the joint unitedly with the wearer's muscle movement, enabling to support the wearer's daily activities. This is what we call a 'voluntary control system' that provides movement interpreting the wearer's intention from the biosignals in advance of the actual movement. Not only a 'voluntary control system' "HAL" has, but also a 'robotic autonomous control system' that provides human-like movement based on a robotic system which integrally work together with the 'autonomous control system'. "HAL" is the world's first cyborg-type robot controlled by this unique Hybrid System. "HAL" is expected to be applied in various fields such as rehabilitation support and physical training support in medical field, ADL support for disabled people, heavy labour support at factories, and rescue support at disaster sites, as well as in the entertainment field. You can now climb to a giant tree from 7 to 77 years old maybe? It also is a character future online games. But one thing, Professor Sankai of Tsukuba University does not want to see HAL involved in...: the war!
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Tags: hal robot tokyo japan scientist technology nerve signals muscle medicine tsukuba university professor sankai injure aging walk heavy battery computer sensor
hal robot tokyo japan scientist technology nerve signals muscle medicine tsukuba university professor sankai injure aging walk heavy battery computer sensor
Youtube Comments: 542
lordzahgurim Says:
May 8, 2012 - Unless it can make you jump 20+ft up or run 50mph I don't see the point.
FirebirdRIP Says:
May 10, 2012 - are they handicaped?
DPPproducciones Says:
May 11, 2012 - Cyberdyne O__O
thedailysaucerDOTcom Says:
May 13, 2012 - Can they make me dance better?
SpectralS2 Says:
May 17, 2012 - are they crippled or something
squito94 Says:
May 19, 2012 - The japs are kicking our ass with technology!
edgar6153 Says:
May 19, 2012 - uuuuh, amazing?
KarasCyborg Says:
May 20, 2012 - you mean you couldn't jump over the cars instead of waiting?
SkullnBones45 Says:
May 20, 2012 - Only in Japan would it be completely normal to see people walking around with weird sci-fi robo suits.
SanLazarus Says:
May 21, 2012 - they don't seem to be very improved
legorocks3 Says:
May 21, 2012 - and it doesn't help the company that made it is named "Cyberdyne"
vespaman101 Says:
May 22, 2012 - we already have this stuff. Our military has full body exoskeletons already. I don't think they are actually using them yet though. Has to be perfect for a battlefield first.
Toomuchtime5798 Says:
May 22, 2012 - I think these people are missing a good pair of jumping stilts...
DoomyDoomyDoomDoom Says:
May 22, 2012 - HAL? Cyberdine? are you kidding me?
Basloimaj Says:
May 23, 2012 - They, now, really look exactlly the same...
NIGHT2PWN Says:
May 24, 2012 - they look like androids themselves lmao
sipdoppen Says:
May 24, 2012 - agreed
2JAMMY Says:
May 25, 2012 - If you strap that on with no clothes your butt is still naked.
mistervela Says:
May 26, 2012 - Run Forrest Run!!
frogsoda Says:
May 26, 2012 - Yep, It always starts with "We are just trying to help people." Next thing you know they are helping themselves to your stuff.
thebakerman1 Says:
May 27, 2012 - Doesn't look better to me, nor does it appear to improve one's physical abilities unless you like to be slowed down using the same effort. If anything it clearly slows you down and limits your own natural abilities of movement. From the looks of this thing after wearing it for only a few minutes I wouldn't be able to wait to take it off so I could walk or run without being impeded by this thing.
dandare934 Says:
May 27, 2012 - A gadget that makes you walk slower and look funny. Just what the world needs.
krisjendvatri Says:
May 27, 2012 - show more....mayday mayday!!
Justin9Noble Says:
May 27, 2012 - they look embarrassed to be wearing them
CertifictJones Says:
May 8, 2012 - its japan anything is normal