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

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."

Comments

Open the exoskeleton hands Hal

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm afraid I can't do that Dave.

Cyberdyne created HAL.

[MrQuacker]

Yeah, this will end well.

Re:Cyberdyne created HAL.

[JWSmythe]

    Cyberdyne, the fictional creator of Skynet, which made the fictional Terminator, bears the same name as Cyberdyne, the real company, who just released a fully functional brain operated exeoskeleton robot?

    Or that they made a possibly-autonomous robot named HAL, the same as the fictional computer which had a bad habit of killing people?

    Include Cybermen and/or Daleks, and we're one brain-snatching away from three different sci-fi universes colliding with reality.

    That may not be all that bad, as long as a guy with a blue box that's larger on the inside than the outside, shows up to give me a ride off of this rock. ... and just remember, only 63 more shopping days until doomsday.

Re:Cyberdyne created HAL.

[guttentag]

On purpose. Apparently the company was founded in 2004 and named after the fictional company from the Terminator franchise. Since they're going after the publicity, they should open a satellite office at 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont CA, the real-life location of the company's offices. And keep an out-of-service SWAT van in the parking lot.

Does it come with a crowbar?

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's your Mark 1 HEV suit Gordon

Powersuit's good, but why use humans in Fukushima?

[siddesu]

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.

Uh oh...

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope they solved the icing problem that plagued a certain other robotic exoskeleton.

Otherwise, HAL might freeze over.

Re:Powersuit's good, but why use humans in Fukushi

[rubycodez]

It's much more efficient for catching tasty nuras than line and hook

MechaHAL.

[FatLittleMonkey]

As long as the suit comes in five distinct models which can join up to become a single unit, I will be happy.