HAL - Hybrid Assistive Limb
Lower-body exoskeleton made by Japanese company.
HAL® [Hybrid Assistive Limb®] is the world‘s first*1 cyborg-type robot, by which a wearer‘s bodily functions can be improved, supported and enhanced.
Wearing of HAL® leads to a fusion of “man”, “machine” and “information”. HAL® assists a physically challenged person to move and enables him or her to exert bigger motor energy than usual. HAL® is also considered as the system that accelerates a motor learning of cerebral nerves.
Visit website: https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/products/HAL/index.html
See also:
CYBERDYNE
- Robotics and technology company producing exoskeleton suits
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