Posted on 04/11/2009 12:15:46 AM PDT by Aircop_2006
In the movies, Cyberdyne is a corporation whose superintelligent computers lead to the fall of mankind in the "Terminator" series, and HAL is a superintelligent computer who takes over a spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey."
In real life, Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics company, and HAL is Hybrid Assistive Limb, its full-body, "Iron Man"-like exoskeleton designed to help people with weak muscles or disabilities.
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The U.S. military has been trying to develop robotic exoskeletons for decades to help soldiers carry heavy loads or move at high speeds.
But at a suggested retail price of about $4,000 (for Japanese residents only, and not yet available), the HAL "robot suit" may be the first aimed at civilians.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Will it help when my mom asks me to move this lil ole box of books?
“The U.S. military has been trying to develop robotic exoskeletons for decades to help soldiers carry heavy loads or move at high speeds.”
Great. Something else for Obama to give to the Chinese so they can sell it to terrorists
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