{"id":571738,"date":"2010-05-20T06:41:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=159014"},"modified":"2010-05-20T06:41:16","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:41:16","slug":"pictures-and-video-robotic-exoskeleton-hal-5-up-and-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571738","title":{"rendered":"Pictures and video: Robotic exoskeleton HAL-5 up and close"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had the chance to attend a TED<\/a> event last weekend, namely the TedxTokyo<\/a> conference, which took place for the second time in Japan. And as CrunchGear’s Japan correspondent, I was naturally most interested in the geekiest presentation delivered: that of Professor Sankai from Tsukuba University (near Tokyo). (The video was of the presentation was uploaded just a few hours ago, which is why I waited till today.)<\/p>\n

Sankai talked about and showed the latest version of his brainchild, the super-cool robotic exoskeleton HAL-5. Made by his spin-off company Cyberdyne<\/a> (yes, HAL-5 and Cyberdyne), the robo suit helps paralyzed persons walk and lift heavy objects through transforming brain signals sensed through the skin into motion.<\/p>\n

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You can find more technical details in our detailed article<\/a> from last summer. In the meantime, Sankai developed wearable robot arms that can carry 80kg each. And now it’s also possible for people who lost a leg, for example, to make use of HAL-5. In other words, the leg part can now even help people who need to rely on an artificial replacement, not a “real” leg. Both new accomplishments are demo’d in the video embedded below.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the impressive presentation Sankai gave during TedxTokyo (in English) on video (not made by me). I shot the pictures you see above myself during the day of the event.
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