cyberdyne? so how long until the T series comes out?

Posted at 3:47 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by suture

Bubble Gum Crisis gets closer and closer to reality. :)

Posted at 4:04 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Nerdcore Steve

suture, I thought the same thing. Soon enough, we’ll be fighting robots for our lives.

Posted at 4:15 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by tony

considering the weight of that thing, you sure are going to need the tenfold increase in strength…

Posted at 4:19 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by tulcod

what we need ideally is for it to be slightly harder to use the suit then normal everyday stuff, this way you slowly build up your own muscles plus you can lift car(s) and stuff.

Posted at 4:33 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Hiroe

Where are the specs?

Posted at 5:04 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by 256

I need one of these. I might even need 2. I just hope that that price is right, somehow I feel like someone didn’t hit the ‘0′ key enough times in this article.

Posted at 5:05 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Fox3

Somehow I might even be willing to give up $4200 for that. I have no direct need for one, but the awesomeness factor would be through the roof.

Posted at 6:07 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Nick

i agree, nick.
i plan on saving up a few paychecks and buying one if not only in hopes of fighting the cyborgs.

Posted at 7:15 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by cyanide

So what happens if the battery runs out while you’re lifting something over your head that is 10x heavier than what you can normally lift :)

Posted at 7:44 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by NFN_NLN

@NFN_NLN same thing as when the battery died on a series one segway: face pancake.

Posted at 8:48 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by ProGamingLife

Does the price tag include the bits that have to be fitted to your specific dimensions, or is it a one-size-fits-all dealie?

First thing I’m doing is disconnecting all those LEDs and spraying it black.

Posted at 9:05 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by cynic

cynic

I thought that was just a given. No goofy lights wasting power, a paint job that doesn’t look like it should be running around the Aperture test facility (portal joke).

Posted at 9:19 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Fox3

I’ll believe the 10x claim when they post a video of someone jumping a 20 foot barrier.

Posted at 9:46 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Alan

From the source article:

“very weak biosignals can be detected on the surface of the skin. HAL catches these signals through a sensor attached on the skin of the wearer.”

Am I really the first person to ask what happens if the suit simply gets interference of some sort? A bad connection to the skin?

I sure hope they didn’t make any of the joints bend past the limits of a human body, or else the first time the adhesive pads slip off, your knees are bending BACKWARDS.

Posted at 9:55 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by RoboGuy

Bah! You’re all such pessimists!

I mean, seriously, what’s the worst that could happen?

;)

Posted at 10:28 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by Jack

if i get one of these, im SERIUSLY going to write my own firmware for it,
lol just waiting for them to wait for everyone to get one, then decide to put them into remote control mode and send us all off to a battlefeild :P

sorry if im paranoid, but also the fact of me writing my own firmware is i’d be able to do more things with it

Posted at 11:29 pm on Apr 11th, 2009 by cameron20020

does any one else here thinking of iron man…

before we know it these things will have rocket boots and lasers… scary shit

Posted at 1:00 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by Ben G

is it just me or does the HAL suit sound a bit onimous….
I’m afraid. I’m afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it.

Posted at 1:38 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by steaky

I’m worried that this thing may break bones, ours can only support so much. The backbone (lol) of vertebrate motion relies on something solid to put a force against; bones.

Our bones match our muscle capability.

Posted at 2:32 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by kee

Speculators:
I doubt they would sell a product which claims to do so much as this one does with out setting reasonable limits and limitations as well as fully testing it’s safety.

“It’s the wrong trousers, Grommet!”

Posted at 3:21 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by Louis II

Couple points here that bug me:

- $4200 per unit, 400 units per year

Who wants to bet they’re sold out for a year or two already?

- Tenfold increase in strength

I’m 6′9″ and 280 lbs. I’m willing to bet I won’t be able to lift anywhere near 10x my base strength with this suit on (that is, if it even fits…)

- drive based on “very weak biosignals”

Skin-level sensors used in artificial limbs are inaccurate, slow and faulty at the best of times. I can’t imagine how much more dangerous that ill-researched and poorly implemented technology will be with a few hundred pounds of force behind it. Even if it were a ‘direct’ neural interface through a nerve mounted chip I wouldn’t trust the feedback.

Frankly, this looks like a weak attempt to drum up interest with the mech fanboys…Maybe enough in profits to get a real project going. Sarcos XOS anyone?

Posted at 6:24 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by DubMuffin

Thank the maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good.

Posted at 6:47 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by 300ohm

@louis II: yeah, why would they sell anything that could easily surpass the armed forces? :D I mean, like, I could rob a bank for just under $5000 including power tools, IF I need them? :D Nah, I don’t think so. :>

@jack: someone HAD to say it… now the only person we need is the one that says: “it couldn’t possibly get any worse”. :DDDD

Posted at 7:26 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by Egon_Freeman

What a bunch of geeks. War, world domination. No one has taken it to the lowest denominator of bathroom humor! Does the wearer need an astronaut size diaper? No worries about bathroom accidents? (“Something about Mary” x 10 Ow!) What about being with your sex partner and running out of juice and having to be charged up by the geek squad? Stop taking yourself so seriously!

Posted at 7:48 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by flatboat

Can they make a skin-coloured version? that way I could enter the World’s Strongest Man competition and have a chance at winning :D

Posted at 8:14 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by Haku

I think it would be pretty tough to use one of these to control someone. It looks like if any of the limbs do something different than the wearer’s, it’s just going to fall off. Since it relies on human input to function, it would be useless dead hardware laying on the ground.

And dubmuffin has a good point, I’m sure these are already sold out for the next couple of years unless 4-500 is just their number for the first year. I guess you could say that by the time average people will be able to buy one (I’m pretty sure that the people who physically need this to stand get bumped to the front of the line), they might improve it.

It’s a great idea and I want one, but I think it should go through a couple model generations before we all jump on it.

Posted at 8:25 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by Fox3

fail. Pointless, imo.

Posted at 10:21 am on Apr 12th, 2009 by anon

These aren’t meant to fulfill your teenage yank geek fantasies. Sheesh!

Posted at 12:03 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by asdf

HAL suit? Should it not be HALO suit instead? I too would fork over the bucks for this, disconnect the ghey leds and paint it sage green and black.

Posted at 3:22 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by The Arbiter

These will be flying off the shelf as nerds discover they have an edge in standing up to bullies.

Posted at 4:38 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by T1 Rex

The Hal suit which will be put into production first will be the half suit (lower body) to aid those with lifting, the elderly etc. they dont move with great speed so a nerd would be hard pushed to win unless he is against a bully who cannot side step a slow moving kick :P, The leds actually serve a purpose ROFL definantly not meant for Xbox 360 halo fan boys

Posted at 5:17 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by The_Mechanic

OMGLOL they will not sell for $4200. They will sell to the highest bidder.

Posted at 7:33 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by Dan Fruzzetti

If you follow the links through to the end [1], there’s a video that says they’re going to be $20k each. Where’d $4200 come from?

[1] http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/multimedia/videos/techno-tokyo-robot-worn-your-body-can-increase-your-strength

Posted at 7:47 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by Steve Shockley

And people thought the segway would change the world. Fuck that, THIS is my future.

Posted at 8:49 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by blizzarddemon

I’ll wait until they include the helmet that makes you 10x smarter to go along with the suit.

Posted at 9:35 pm on Apr 12th, 2009 by vonskippy

wow looking at this I’m thinking “how cool would it be to swap the engine out of my car without having to use a hoist!

Posted at 8:33 am on Apr 13th, 2009 by twistedsymphony

As long as it gives me STR+2, AGL-1, DR30 and RAD Resistance +40 I’m in….

Posted at 8:54 am on Apr 13th, 2009 by Marty

Most interesting from a medical stand point. People might be able to get out of beds or wheel chairs.

Posted at 8:59 am on Apr 13th, 2009 by interested

That might be possible, but can you imagine the “IronFogey” jokes? ;)

Posted at 10:10 am on Apr 13th, 2009 by andar_b

Yeah ites primary aim in its design notes is to aid people with tasks such as heavy lifting (barrels, engines etc) and to aid people who would normally have a hard time using their limbs. I have been wondering though how it would work on someone with Narcolepsy *_* it knows what musles are doing and imitates them…If it imitates someone going limp it would probably crush them?! anyone found if it has safeties applied to solve issues like this?

Posted at 7:08 pm on Apr 13th, 2009 by The_Mechanic

Hey, I’m going to wait for the later generations. This is awesome, but I want to be agile enough to run alongside cars, jump over houses, and do one-handed handstand pushups with Magnús Scheving.

Posted at 2:51 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by solenoidclock

sorry for the double post but I just realized that Cyberdyne systems is the name of the corporation that built the terminator.

Posted at 3:00 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by solenoidclock

That’s pretty damn cheap. Now all we need to do is get rid of the current battery and add in a fuel cell instead. Then we can add in BERP aroumer and a kick arse helmet that automatically translates voice for you. And we are on the way to Air Battle Force.

Posted at 5:13 pm on Apr 16th, 2009 by g33k0ry

OLD!

I don’t see any new news in that article.
Cyberdyne has been collecting investment capital for years now, but I’ve never seen any shows featuring equipment with their name on it. The experimental platforms are slow, unwieldly, and look more like college robotics projects than sci-fi forklifts. I call vaporware! — See Moller SkyCar

Regarding Terminator, battle suits, killbots, and the rise of electronic warfare: See iRobot. They make those cute little robot vaccuums. They also make honest-to-god military death machines. I once stepped into a small meeting room filled with officers, engineers, and several large mechanical lumpy things. The first entity in the room to make “eye contact” had a camera and a searchlight. (Picture a four-tracked drive platform resembling Johnny 5, topped by a large calibre turreted Gatling gun and an armored handycam.)

I’m more worried about Furby and iPhones than ED209 and killer nanobots.

Posted at 10:31 pm on Apr 17th, 2009 by prophet zarquon

Woot.
Power suits.
Artifical Intelligence.
Supercomputers.
The Matrix anybody?

Posted at 1:45 pm on Apr 28th, 2009 by Felix Avalon

@prophet zarquon

Hey, lay off ed209! So what if it looked like an elecrtic razor with limbs. Everyone knows he would have kicked robocop’s ass if it weren’t for those damned stairs.

Posted at 5:47 pm on Apr 30th, 2009 by spadefinger

Awesome, yeah, but I always find myself unwilling to part with the money; you may look cool now, but who’s gonna look cool when the terminator model comes out? :P

Posted at 4:05 am on May 5th, 2009 by Sam

It’s great that they increase the simple function of carrying an item by a certain percentage. However they don’t seem to address the issue of gripping something that heavy though. Great the suit can lift 500 pounds, but your fingers won’t.

Posted at 1:22 pm on May 12th, 2009 by EvilEngineer

In truth this suit will be a killer if people with the wrong ideas get theyr hands on it. its not a toy. and cyberdyne have taken it too far. The warnings have been given to the human race. Terminator was a warning for those who havent seen it. We are going into an era of war and devestation. and now these companys want to make money by building tech witch will push people to fight each other. its goin to cause trouble in every way. we need to stop them.

Posted at 4:46 am on Jun 26th, 2009 by Thinus101

“A sword does not make a man a murderor”
The intent is already there, the machine is just the tool used for that ends.

Posted at 10:59 am on Aug 21st, 2009 by Wilagins