Comments on: Wearable bot said to make you stronger

The Hybrid Assistive Limb out of Japan promises to "expand and improve physical capability" up to tenfold, and could assist in rehabilitation and heavy labor.

[joyofsomeone]

Um, hello? HAL?
"I'm sorry Dave. I can't let you do that."

not the best choice of acronym there...

[madiq]

Then again, the name of the company is CYBERDYNE...

[t8]

A new weapon for Al Queda. Terrorbots.

[Thranx]

Hal? Cyberdyne? Seriously? Was this aired 12 days ago?

Fantasticly awesome concept... scary tho.

[John_Johnson]

Makes you stronger, eh? Too bad it can't make you look less goofy at the same time

[dude7895]

creepy

[iamarcin]

how does the wrist or ankle not snap under heavy loads.
I dont think this is all that usefull other then to diasbled people.
Good job. Too bad someone in the US can't do something like this.
If china's govnm't is so bad then how come their Government does not hog all the good tech like the US does?

[rayzoredge]

The Nintendo WiiGhey: motion capture for the Wii.

[rayzoredge]

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In all seriousness, this was neat. Now to make it less bulky and apply for military use... Crysis might be making it past Dx10 after all. ;)

[seefood]

nice and sensible....hope someone doesn't derail it.
Great technology assit for the homebound individuals.
Day care workers can certainly use some portion of this suit. Maybe back and arm assist.
I am sure the cost is high but maybe it will be lowered.
I wonder what happened to the U of Pitts robotics group. US products?

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