Cyberdyne said to be mass producing $4,200 HAL robotic suit
By Darren Murph 
posted Apr 11th 2009 10:02AM
posted Apr 11th 2009 10:02AM
[Thanks, Phil]
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Now we're just missing the SkyNet.
damn beat me to it!
Inventor Miles Dyson was unavailable for comment....
Don't you see? they're playing both sides of the market - making it possible for us to fight back, thus prolonging the war for increased profits. It fills in the question marks!
1. Robot uprising
2. TOTAL WAR
3. ???
4. Profit!
In the meantime, can't wait for the security cam footage of a liquor store robbery using the robo-suit.
"He stole 5 kegs! All at once!"
Someone mark the time this thing becomes self-aware.
@Smart People Play Tuba
Nice one. Lol.
You gotta love a robot company that has the humor to name themselves Cyberdyne and HAL...
now all they have to do is make the AI self learning and violate all fundamental robotic laws if any...
Also, doesn't seem in general bad taste to name an electronic device that could kill you HAL?
Cheaper than buying a car... might be worth it!
Seriously!
If only I hadn't gotten all that debt going to college... this is such a better way to spend $4,200... that's not even half a semester of school! I bet this thing could pay for it self pretty quickly if I started Bionic Moving Co. Inc.
Actually I don't even think I'm joking, although it started out that way...
I was thinking the same thing - totally surprised at the affordability!
Also, good idea on the Bionic Moving Co - I'd rather pay a removal guy in a robot suit because it's more awesomer. Also, provided you're not really frigging clumsy - you could move a piano on your own or something (probably better than two guys).
More relevantly, its almost the same money as segway, and soooooooo much cooler.
The robot suit would make moving a bunch of shit easier physically, but it wouldn't make it any less tedious. Stick with whatever you do for a living now.
Yeah, I would spend the price of a small car for the ability to lift one.
The video link of the main page says its suppose to cost 20k.
http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/multimedia/videos/techno-tokyo-robot-worn-your-body-can-increase-your-strength
I still would take the exo skeleton from Aliens 2 over this.
$4,200? Doesn't sound too bad. I want one.
Death of the Segway. We all suitup and run to work at 45mph without working up a sweat. I'd stay off the sidewalks at closing time though :)
Yeah, that's cheaper than a Segway. I bet some nerd will buy one.
if are joints were only frictionless
$4.2k?? I thought it would be more like 42k. Is it a typo?
$4200? Hell yeah I want one. That's pretty damn affordable considering how many they're making.
Yeah. 4200$ for super awesomeness?
It's a bargain if you ask me.
Sexy. Want.
Dun dun dun dun dun....
Dun dun dun dun dun....
Damn.... exo-suits all of a sudden. Can we get handheld plasma/laser guns that actually kill someone first?
Phased-plasma rifle in the forty watt range.
Hey, just what you see, pal
I wouldn't've caught if I didn't watch Terminator just last night :)
now all we'd need is a nice helmet and plama bolter and we can start our ownn space marines ... bwah hahaha
Jesus, there's actually a company called Cyberdyne.. Talk about tempting faith.
Just to be dicks, I think their next product will be the "T-1" or something along those lines
@ Slycer
I believe you mean tempting FATE.
And besides, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
GAH! Yeah, fate. This has been happening a lot lately. Has me worried.
Dude I think youll find its 'tempting fate'...not 'tempting faith'.
Don't think this suit will help unless it comes with a brain enhancement helmet.
@Smart People Play Tuba
What you say is true, however, there is something to be said here about self fulfilling prophecy.
They're called Cyberdyne - that's one thing.
Their product is called HAL....
....I want to scratch my penis...
"I can't do that Dave"
ad infinitum
Don't just play Doom, be in the game!
I don't remember powered armor in Doom (at least not in Doom 1). Besides, don't you need some hellspawn for that?
Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
"He says he's human"
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"AGGGGGGHHHHHH!"
Exo-Squad comes to life!
great for physically challenged..the price can be brought down if it is manufactured and targeted countries like India
way to be "that guy" who mentions a legitimately practical use for this. let us have our superhero fantasies, damn it!
How long before we have a real-life Iron Man?
How long before the computers kill him and use his body to wear the exo-suit, which will then go on a killing rampage?
Dude, I don't know which IronMan you've read, but apart from Tony Stark building this in a cave with a box of scraps it's IronMan.
Now, all we need is jet boots and pulse beams from the hands.
Those blue ring lights on the joints better have a dim switch. I would want to be stealth at night. Oh crap, it better come in black.
Haha that was my first thought...
"Does it come in black?"
(I LOVE BATMAN!)
I guess this is the Mark 1?
i think it might be 1/2 cuz well this one isnt bullet proof.
its a weaklings dream....1st nerd battalion 'robococks'
$4,200 to buy or $2,200 (Per Engadget) per month to rent....Hmm let me see.
Jeez...I thought Cyberdyne was bad enough, but 'Daiwa' too ?
Hasn't they seen VEXILLE ?!?!??!?
So I am curious what the battery life is on something like that. It must take a lot of power.
The science fiction writers always have some mystery or nuclear power source that would never work in real life.
Some mystery power source that would never work in real life...
You mean like zero-point energy, power crystals and cold fusion?? haha.
Arc reactor
apparently it gets like 5 hours of battery life on a charge, so it has some real immediate applications in some jobs like constuction.
A really long extension cord.
So I'm sure it does have some real applications in construction. I'm sure that the unions are already working on rewriting the rules so that you can't use it to maintain their featherbedding.
So, a company named Cyberdyne made a product named HAL that's an exoskeleton that looks like Iron Man.
Are we being serious?!
All we need is for the guy wearing it to be named David Stark, live in a mansion above a cave, and wear this with a cape, and the SciFi convergence singularity will have been completed.
I am like you. I have no name.
RROD = you will die.
It looks like they put it together from spare parts of Sony's Rolly.
RECESSION ANTIDOTE!
I want one... but only if it can at LEAST jump over buildings.
why hasnt anyone compared this with samus aran?
and i could totally see it in ornage red
lookout for Sarah, she should be here soon. if not, dont forget to take the red pill.... ITS HAPPENING
What if Oscar Pistorius had use this. Would it count? Cause if it does , I can't wait to see the next olympics.
I love how the website says finally this thing can be used for "entertainment".......
I think somehow it might be based on the strength of the user..... It tenfolds the strength of the wearer...... You work out enough and holy mother of god the entertainment quality of simply running through a room full of toddlers will be enough........
Do want.
The original purpose of this was to help the elderly get around easier, and to help nurses and other health care professionals carry heavy loads (like groceries, medical supplies, patients, etc.) The original projected price of this was near $40,000, with a rental plan of like $5,000 a month. I'm glad to see that they have been able to bring the price down on this.
Cute tho it is, and cheap(ish) to boot, I think I'll pass until these things have properly become mainstream - I don't particularly fancy being the first person to be trapped in one of these things when it glitches and decides that elbows and knees bend THE OTHER WAY...
Certainly wouldn't want it then walking me to hospital like that (or would it be the fire station to be cut out of it?)
It IS darned cool though, I just don't wanna be the luckless early adopter who makes the news before they've ironed out all the kinks as it were...
All your base are belong to us!!!
does it come in black??
Mechanized infantry just took on an entirely new meaning.
The sales pitch?
'It absolutely WILL NOT STOP!'
Face it, we're screwed....
LOL, imagine senior retirement communities packed with people wearing these things. I'm sure that will actually be one of the target markets (aging Baby Boomers with loads of disposable income). So now your grandfather can actually play a competitive game of flag football with you.
Consider me on the "wtf it's only $4,200? I'm going to stop eating out for 7 months and buy one" bandwagon.
yeaa but aint nothin gonna be able to hoist Kristen Martin's mom up, LMFAO
thats some good Aberdeen humor for you!
Hmm. An exoskeleton that can give the disabled super strength?
M.A.N.T.I.S.!
And just when you thought you had wiped it from your memory.
Dude, I'm getting one!
Is it me or does he look like he's doing a crossover? Imagine playing ball with a suit like this. NBA Jamz anyone?
Buy, for $4200.00, then sign multi million dollar contract with N.E. Patriots! w00t!
-or-
Buy, for $4200.00, then get 30 to life for killing the first person who laughs at you with one punch.
This is win.
Wash day tomorrow? Nothing clean, right?
Nothing clean. Right.
Hey, I think this guy's a couple cans short of a six-pack.
Your clothes... give them to me, now.
F*** you, a**hole!
Looks good! sign me up if this battle armor will transform to a motorcycle too like in Robotech.
I for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.
Good I hope to see lots of people wearing this sometime in this century, elderly people, disabled people, etc...the 21st century is running late...bring it on.
Three words, James Bond Villain! Please use this for #23.
I hope you get some color choices because it looks like an extravagant Wii accessory in that picture.
And I thought April's Fools was a week and a half ago. Unfortunately for us, this isn't one of them, unless they're going the way of the Phantom (vaporware!)!
Also sad... very sad... there is a Skynet Satellite company out here in Alaska... lookie at the image on this page, sheesh!
http://www.skynetsatellite.com/dtvhome.htm
Maybe 'tis a good thing they're warning us about the upcoming apocalypse with the 4th Terminator movie? ;-)
Now, will anyone donate me 4,200 shills for this outfit, I need it to beat up the punk next door.
The fact that they are taking this into production, and planning to offer it at that price is jaw dropping. The first few generations might have their quirks but just imagine what you are going to be able to do with the third or fourth generation. Beyond just ironing out the quirks over the first few generations, G3 and G4 will be able to take advantage of some of really awesome tech that at this point is just on the drawing board. Just think what will be possible once MIT has perfected their super virus batteries. Also, since we are starting to make a move toward electric cars, we can expect that electric motor technology is going to make leaps and bounds over the next few years. I'm blown away by this new tech, but more so by what it is going to make possible in the near future.
I wanna golf with this on.
I'll buy it as long as i no longer have to look for porta potties.
this is not much more than the army pays for each m16 m4 carbine. hello master chief.
I'll take one in charcoal grey, please.