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New HAL Exoskeleton: A Brain-Controlled Full Body Suit To Be Used In Fukushima

Posted by samzenpus on from the suit-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Cyberdyne announced today an improved version of the HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robotic exoskeleton at the Japan Robot Show. From the article: 'he latest version of the HAL has remained brain-controlled but evolved to a full body robot suit that protects against heavy radiation without feeling the weight of the suit. Eventually it could be used by workers dismantling the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant."

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  1. Powersuit's good, but why use humans in Fukushima? by siddesu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not put a well-shielded controller instead and have the people control it remotely from a safe location? Well, it is Japan, the land of the weird ideas.

  2. Re:Powersuit's good, but why use humans in Fukushi by siddesu · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The same way TEPCO controlled the third-party workers, who were told not to wear radiation badges -- via optical fiber from Tokyo, of course. As for versatile, yeah, humans are not only more versatile, they are also a lot cheaper. Why invest in capable robots at all?