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There’s a newly enhanced robot helper about to assist in cleansing the streets (and nuclear dead zones) of Japan, with this latest “disaster recovery” exoskeleton supposedly only a year away from being put into service.
The weight of the 60kg suit is offset by the supporting leg braces and motors, with the developers at Japan’s University of Tsukuba using existing Cyberdyne parts to build their latest human enhancer. It comes with a built-in cooling system, heart rate and breathing monitors and a stainless steel “bodice” that protects the wearer from radiation, allowing users to stay in bad places for longer.
There’s a video of it slowly stomping into a room full of nervous journalists on YouTube here. No one gets accidentally crushed, and, as is always the case with robotics, everyone gets very excited when it goes up some stairs. [SankeiBiz via Dvice]
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Cyberdyne? WHY YOU CRAZY FOOLS? YOU’VE KILLED US ALL!!!
Is it meant to be ironic that the company who make this is called Cyberdyne? Have they not watched Terminator before???
one of their other products is called HAL.
I’m pretty sure they know.
Is there any proof it is actually doing anything? We are shown a man in a suit walking up stairs, real impressive stuff were it not for the fact that the vast majority of the population are doing that unaided every day…
Yeah, impressive if he was carrying something too heavy to lift on his own… or if he has lost the use of his legs.
well, now drunk japanese businessmen can get back home.
Impressive if they were not under the wearers control, ala wrong trousers
their next gen model (the ed-209 series) will no doubt be more fun to try out in front of people…i can hear it now….hey you just pick that gun up and point it over there…
Wha? Shouldn’t they demo this thing helping a guy do something cool – like lifting a car – or something? Power Squats man!