 Company headquarters in Tsukuba | |
| Industry | Robotics |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 24, 2004 in Japan |
| Founder | Yoshiyuki Sankai |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Products | Robotic exoskeletons |
Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics and technology company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the HAL robotic exoskeleton suit. [1]
Cyberdyne was founded on June 24, 2004, by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, [2] as a venture company to develop his ideas for an exoskeleton suit.
The name is the same as a fictional company from the Terminator film series, which also produces robots. The name, however, is not necessarily a reference, but from the new academic fields of "Cybernetics", [3] and the suffix "-dyne", referring to power. [4] That being said, during an interview between Sankai and McG, director of Terminator Salvation , Sankai admits that he likes the Terminator franchise as well as 2001: A Space Odyssey . [5]
In early 2009, Cyberdyne attracted international media attention with the announcement that it would be marketing and distributing the HAL 5 (Hybrid Assistive Limb) powered exoskeleton, [6] which they claim augments body movement and increases user strength by up to ten times. [7] As of February 2013, Cyberdyne has leased 330 HAL suits to 150 facilities across Japan, and HAL has been given a global safety certification that should allow it to be distributed outside Japan. [8]
In 2017 March, Abdul Latif Jameel of Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cyberdyne Inc. in order to assist the victims of traumatic spinal injuries in Saudi Arabia. [9] [10]
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