Curufea Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dholcrist Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Wow, that's incredibly cool. Not speaking Japanese, did they say its lifting capacity or anything along those lines? I'm very interested in what the actual technical aspects are. Either way, damn cool piece of tech. Can't wait till they put them into public (or even military) use. But dunno about this whole Cyberdyne thing. Miles Dyson still working there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton . . . And the suit's name is HAL . . . But it was very neat, I must say. Good design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton This is extremely cool -- just the kind of near-future technology that really catches my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Wait, I didn't catch its power source. Did they say it runs off of Japanese? How do they get them in there to power it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Ok, I admit to not speaking Japanese so I can't make heads or tails of what the spokesman is saying, but watching the video I am not sure this is anything more than a cartoon. They show a guy doing some knee bends, ok... With bags of stuff in his arms, ok... And he can walk up and down stairs... Cool... So can I, without a costume. Don't get me wrong, it looks way cool and all... With names like Cyberdyne and HAL being thrown around like they are though, I am more inclined to think that this is just a couple of Japanese guys laughing behind their hands at YouTube and followers... **EDIT** Ok, the poster is itnsource which makes it all the more likely that it is a pre-research mock-up or an outright fabrication in my book, but it is still very visually appealing. **EDIT** Anyone got more information about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Anyone got more information about this? 30 seconds to look up "robot suit" in google http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18624945.800.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton This is very cool. Wonder how long before we actually see people wearing these suits in public? Though myself, I want to see one equipped with bulletproof armor, a jet pack, and a mounted taser. It may not make you Iron Man, but then, after Civil War, who'd want to be Iron Man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Probably never - it is far cheaper to make vehicles. Unless we develop Diamond Age level materials science and nanotechnology - where the construction of anything is equally cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Thanks for the additional links, Curufea. With a little more digging I found some more information on this... Apparently the suit in the original link is HAL-5. Fifth generation of the research project. There are a couple more articles (by narrowing to "robot suit HAL" I managed to hit the top 10 articles or so). There is some interesting video with English translation including a comparison of the deep knee bends I mentioned with a person not in the suit. There are also articles about a mountain climber using it to take a quadrapalegic up a mountain (which I didn't read in depth). Based on numbers they are publishing, for about $70,000, you too can buy 30 STR plus 30 STR only for casual STR. Apparently they expected to produce a small number of these this year (like 10) and expect to make a few hundred next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemachus Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Here's HAL's uglier American cousin that I found last week. Looks like the Japanese have got a leg up on the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Here's HAL's uglier American cousin that I found last week. Looks like the Japanese have got a leg up on the competition. This one looks frighteningly like my very first Golden Age Champions character, Professor Cyborg (specifically focusing on the Bulky OIF backpack). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton I remember seeing old photos of GE developing an exo-skeleton back in the late 70's early 80's. Humungous thing with 280V cables attached to the back. Looked like something out of a B Movie. Too bad they didn't take it farther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton I remember seeing old photos of GE developing an exo-skeleton back in the late 70's early 80's. Humungous thing with 280V cables attached to the back. Looked like something out of a B Movie. Too bad they didn't take it farther. Was this it ? http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/hardiman.htm (photo attached below) I recall being fascinated by these things as a youth...And by the same companys' Quadruped Walker (photo attached below). Some of the coolest stuff from my childhood. -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Re: Japanese Powered Exoskeleton Yes! That's the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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