KRON KING Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 TOKYO (AFP) - Japan has taken a step into the science-fiction world with the release of a "robot suit" that can help workers lift heavy loads or assist people with disabilities climb stairs. ADVERTISEMENT click here "Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in the near future," said Yoshiyuki Sankai, professor and engineer at Tsukuba University who led the project. The 15-kilogram (33-pound) battery-powered suit, code-named HAL-5, detects muscle movements through electrical-signal flows on the skin surface and then amplifies them. It can also move on its own accord, enabling it to help elderly or handicapped people walk, developers said. The prototype suit will be displayed at the World Exposition that is currently taking place in Aichi prefecture, central Japan. Japan has seen a growing market for technology geared toward the elderly, who are making up an increasing chunk of the population as fewer younger Japanese choose to start families. A government report last week showed that pensioners made up a record 19.5 percent of the country's population in 2004 and that the ratio will grow rapidly, surpassing 35 percent in 2050. go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 ED-209 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1 Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 YOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Imagin the spots you can climb to with that shit! I want one of those! All roofs are mine! I'll be a bombing machine!!! :D I wonder if you can run mad faster in one too??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraday Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 crap, that's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Yeah man, it's really fucking hard to pick up a small asian woman, why don't we use this picture to demonstrate how well this suit works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POIESIS Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 that's fucking sweet. almost as sweet as those sideburns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepy_cre2d Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 i saw something similar to that that the army is making. Supposedly it can help you lift like 500lbs or something. I saw it in ID a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Feets Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 ^Mr. Chup has a point. I need to see this crap in action. Y'know, as in a video trailer or someshit. Someone keep us updated. This is actually pretty interesting. Oh yeah, I forgot to add "Damn, those Japanese". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1 Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by MrChupacabra@Jun 8 2005, 06:03 AM Yeah man, it's really fucking hard to pick up a small asian woman, Quoted post True. :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraday Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 i bet i could carry all my groceries in the house in one trip with one of those bad boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeightyone Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 i was at the movies last night and the menus are now scrolling, it looked like the future in those future movies, like, total recall, timecop and shit like that. i cant wait in about 5 year when we have to put on these suites to take down the evil spawns of asimo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOx Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 that picture would be awesome if it was that little dude holding a massive fat girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by MrChupacabra@Jun 8 2005, 12:03 AM Yeah man, it's really fucking hard to pick up a small asian woman, why don't we use this picture to demonstrate how well this suit works! Quoted post haha...thats pretty much the first thing that popped in my head as well. Is it possible we're over thinking it...maybe he was quadriplegic before hand? whiteox...substitute fat girl with sumo wrestler and you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by saraday@Jun 8 2005, 12:42 AM i bet i could carry all my groceries in the house in one trip with one of those bad boys. Quoted post Hah, I do that anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermdog Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 The begining of the Japanese invasion forces.... it's either robots, or bionic army men.... we're doomed...we can't even make a automobile correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameassnigga Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 the MATRIX is on it's way! Soon we will be at war with the robots and they will use us for energy! :shook: :spent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 6 months untill we get jap-robbo-porn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 cartoon faces, sideways vaginas, Robo-suits... What next, these motherfuckers kill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokus Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 i bet you can run fast as fuck with it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Maybe the can add shit to it so that you can stop a speeding bullet, be faster than a locomotive, and leap tall buldings in a single bound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Originally posted by CACashRefund@Jun 8 2005, 05:49 PM Maybe the can add shit to it so that you can stop a speeding bullet, be faster than a locomotive, and leap tall buldings in a single bound. Quoted post that would be awesome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Originally posted by Hokus@Jun 8 2005, 04:33 PM i bet you can run fast as fuck with it too... Quoted post I'm willing to bet that it wouldn't help your speed at all, infact, it would slow you down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRONOLOGIK Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Originally posted by MrChupacabra+Jun 8 2005, 07:18 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MrChupacabra - Jun 8 2005, 07:18 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Hokus@Jun 8 2005, 04:33 PM i bet you can run fast as fuck with it too... Quoted post I'm willing to bet that it wouldn't help your speed at all, infact, it would slow you down. Quoted post [/b] yeah, i'd second that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 This is the best damn news I've heard all day... Go Japan! Waiting for the transformers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 now i know what i want for xmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 ^A small asian woman? Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergin_graffer Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 that looks uncomfortable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 mount some guns and missle racks on that shit... MADOXXXX!!!!!!! BUBBLEGUM CRISIS @))% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wink ONE Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Originally posted by KRON KING@Jun 8 2005, 12:00 AM The 15-kilogram (33-pound) battery-powered suit, code-named HAL-5, detects muscle movements through electrical-signal flows on the skin surface and then amplifies them. Quoted post The way the machine works makes it seem like you would be able to run faster with it. Maybe a little faster than your average but, it is 33lbs weighing you down, so you won't be outrunning cars or nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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