If the name Cyberdyne doesn't immediately ring a bell, its HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robotic suit sure will. Here at CEATEC, we bumped into these folks who kindly offered to strap us onto their ...

Why on Earth are Japanese airport employees sporting robotic suits? Well, back in 2004, a spin-off company called Cyberdyne began development of a robotic suit called HAL (short for Hybrid Assistive ...

I have been a fan of Japan-based Cyberdyne‘s robot suit HAL since I saw it for the first time in action about 6 years during a demo event in Tokyo. In a nutshell, HAL can help make paralyzed persons ...

Way back in 2007, Cyberdyne was showing off their latest version of the Hybrid Assistive Limb exoskeleton, better known as HAL. They were even talking about how in 2008, people would be able to rent ...

We’ve spent quite a few posts covering HAL-5, the awesome robot suit that can make paralyzed people walk. Its maker, Japan-based robot venture Cyberdyne (yes, that’s the real name), is now introducing ...

The first wearable robot has been certified for use as a medical device in Europe. HAL, a robot designed by Tokyo, Japan-based Cyberdyne Inc. received international certification to help people ...

We joke a lot about the "inevitable" robot apocalypse, but aside from a few scary developments it seems like humanity is much more likely to disappear thanks to nuclear weapons or a dying Earth than a ...

Co-founder of @wareable & @theambient. I'd like to go to Legoland with Sean Connery and then afterwards, go for a lovely lamb lunch in the centre of Windsor. Only in Japan. You turn up to an Intel ...

The Cyborg revolution marches inexhaustibly forward. Last Monday, the Cyberdyne company had three of its employees strut the streets of Tokyo in their cybernetically enhanced legs. The legs were part ...

Nothing transforms scientific gurus into excited SciFi geeks quicker than the mention of a robotic exoskeleton. Iron Man, RoboTECH, Exosquad, Starship Troopers (the book), Neon Genesis Evangelion, ...

Science and technology are getting closer and closer to deftly melding man with machine. Cyberdyne, Inc., a Japanese company that focus on robotics, alongside with Intel have released the Hybrid ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An hour’s drive east of Tokyo, in a cavernous new building in Tsukuba Science City, a company called Cyberdyne ...