Japanese Cybersuit Makes Real Life "IRON MAN!!!!!!!"

by **J The Kidd** Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:52 pm

In what seems almost like a modern-day cliché, Japanese scientists
have apparently created a real-life robot suit, which is set go into
mass production in October. The goal? To give its user super-human
strength. Think 'Iron Man,' in real life.

In what would seem like a nod to the nefarious computer in Arthur C.
Clarke's Space Odyssey saga, it's being called the HAL suit; here,
that's shorthand for Hybrid Assistive Limb. The suit was created by the
equally nefarious-sounding Cyberdyne Corporation (cough, 'Terminator,'
cough), which says the suit will have a wide range of uses, such as
aiding caregivers, helping people with physical disabilities to get
around, and assisting users performing jobs that require superhuman
physical strength -- like, say, taking over the world and/or giving the
good superheroes someone to fight against.

As can be seen in the photo, the suit is worn over the arms and legs.
It assists body movement via eight electric motors, which are attached
to shoulders, elbows, knees, and the waist. Rather than sensing actual
movement, it responds to bioelectrical impulses.

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