Cyberdyne HAL, an exoskeleton for sale for 3100 euros
May 10th, 2009 | By admin | Category: News
Who wants to go to the gym if you can be and with that bionic strength increases five times In 2005, the Japanese company Cyberdyme introduced to the wonder world of a prototype that seemed to push us forward. HAL that stands in English Assisted Hybrid Prosthesis is a exoskeleton prototype, a kind of prosthesis for the body biomechanics will now begin to be marketed.
According to an article in the journal Hplus, four years after its launch, the company Cyberdyme is ready for mass production of this robotic exoskeleton.
HAL is based on a system biocybernetics based on bionic principles, electronic and robotic. Some sensors bioelectrical brain communicate with the prosthesis and the same impulsesthat make the body move, move forward HAL.
Its utility, in addition to being purchased as a futuristic fantasy, it will be important for disabled or elderly. In fact also being explored that would HAL in rehabilitation work.
Another possible use is to assist in professions that require great physical strength, as HAL increases the physical strength of a person for five.
What appears at the moment is its adaptation for military purposes, the father of HAL, the Japanese Sankay engineer at the University of Tsuka, seems to have rejected proposals from several countries to change their invention and turn it into a weapon.
Its usage is quite simple and of course can be used and then stored as it is not definitive. In fact the latest versions of the prototype has been improved greatly and have that HAL is very easy to carry and despite just 25 kilograms.
For now, Cyberdyne will start to sell about 400 or 500 units per year at a price of $ 4200, which at the current exchange rate is about 3,100 euros. The forecast, however are going up production to reach several thousand per year.
For now, Cyberdyne has established an office in Amsterdam to handle the sales of the exoskeleton in Europe.