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The Robotic Legs of the HAL Exoskeleton

16 points by pbharrin 14y ago

pbharrin 14y ago
Cyberdyne was the name of the company that created the Terminator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)
jlgreco 14y ago
$1500/mo seems stunningly cheap for what I imagine is billed as medical equipment. Is there something about the Japanese medical system that prevents massive price inflation from kicking in as soon as you want to say your device is for medical purposes? Also, if you are into real-life Terminator coolness, Boston Dynamics is a pretty good source of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclbVTIYG8E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclbVTIYG8E
- nooneelse 14y ago
  Another such video from this year: http://youtu.be/Y6ZuZuB4tfM http://youtu.be/Y6ZuZuB4tfM
pbharrin 14y ago
The original title of this post was: "a company called Cyberdyne makes an exoskeleton - really". By changing the title, the novelty is lost.
- danteembermage 14y ago
  That's the point; for better or worse we don't do novelty titles here. I think the thought is that it is the content that should garner the upvotes, not naming cleverness, and that this is an important message to send to the community that will spill over into comment and submission quality.
  - pbharrin 14y ago
    You completely missed the point of the post. The point of the post was not: "look someone made an exoskeleton". As the other commenters pointed out before you edited the title, there have been many exoskeletons made. The real point of the post is: a company has named themselves after a fictional company that almost brings an end to the human race. By blindly changing the post title you are filtering out relevant information in the post. The relevant information here is my perspective, why I think this article should be read by other HN readers. The whole point to having comments, and an open text field for submission titles is to get the perspective of HN readers.
tocomment 14y ago
I've always wondered if I could buy one of those hard knee braces I've seen people wearing and attach a servo, battery and arduino to it? Could I make a really primitive walking, jumping assist device?
fionabunny 14y ago
Now to combine with arm assist exoskeleton: http://www.robotshop.com/x-ar-exoskeleton-arm-support-right.html http://www.robotshop.com/x-ar-exoskeleton-arm-support-right.... ...
mhb 14y ago
If you're wondering what this is: http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/robotsuithal/ http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/robotsuithal/

16 points by pbharrin 14y ago

Cyberdyne was the name of the company that created the Terminator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)

jlgreco 14y ago

$1500/mo seems stunningly cheap for what I imagine is billed as medical equipment. Is there something about the Japanese medical system that prevents massive price inflation from kicking in as soon as you want to say your device is for medical purposes? Also, if you are into real-life Terminator coolness, Boston Dynamics is a pretty good source of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclbVTIYG8E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclbVTIYG8E

nooneelse 14y ago
Another such video from this year: http://youtu.be/Y6ZuZuB4tfM http://youtu.be/Y6ZuZuB4tfM

pbharrin 14y ago

The original title of this post was: "a company called Cyberdyne makes an exoskeleton - really". By changing the title, the novelty is lost.

danteembermage 14y ago
That's the point; for better or worse we don't do novelty titles here. I think the thought is that it is the content that should garner the upvotes, not naming cleverness, and that this is an important message to send to the community that will spill over into comment and submission quality.
- pbharrin 14y ago
  You completely missed the point of the post. The point of the post was not: "look someone made an exoskeleton". As the other commenters pointed out before you edited the title, there have been many exoskeletons made. The real point of the post is: a company has named themselves after a fictional company that almost brings an end to the human race. By blindly changing the post title you are filtering out relevant information in the post. The relevant information here is my perspective, why I think this article should be read by other HN readers. The whole point to having comments, and an open text field for submission titles is to get the perspective of HN readers.

tocomment 14y ago

I've always wondered if I could buy one of those hard knee braces I've seen people wearing and attach a servo, battery and arduino to it? Could I make a really primitive walking, jumping assist device?

fionabunny 14y ago

Now to combine with arm assist exoskeleton: http://www.robotshop.com/x-ar-exoskeleton-arm-support-right.html http://www.robotshop.com/x-ar-exoskeleton-arm-support-right.... ...

mhb 14y ago

If you're wondering what this is: http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/robotsuithal/ http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/robotsuithal/