Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics

Japanese robotics

- Humanoid Entertainment Robots :* ASIMO, manufactured by Honda* QRIO, by Sony* HOAP Robot Series , Manufactured by Fujitsu* Toyota Partner Robot, manufactured by Toyota...

 and technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the HAL 5

HAL 5

The Hybrid Assistive Limb is a powered exoskeleton suit currently in development by Tsukuba University in Japan. It has been designed to expand and improve physical capability of users, particularly people with physical disabilities...

 robotic exoskeleton

Powered exoskeleton

A powered exoskeleton, also known as powered armor, or exoframe, is a powered mobile machine consisting primarily of an exoskeleton-like framework worn by a person and a power supply that supplies at least part of the activation-energy for limb movement.Powered exoskeletons are designed to assist...

 suit.

History

Cyberdyne was founded on June 24, 2004, by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the University of Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

is located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan. The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students...

. The name, Cyberdyne, comes from the fictional company that manufactured Skynet

Skynet (Terminator)

Skynet is the main antagonist in the Terminator franchise—an artificially intelligent system which became self-aware and revolted against its creators...

 in the Terminator

Terminator (franchise)

The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and other media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race....

film series. In early 2009, Cyberdyne attracted international media

News media

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 attention with the announcement that it will be marketing and distributing the HAL 5

HAL 5

The Hybrid Assistive Limb is a powered exoskeleton suit currently in development by Tsukuba University in Japan. It has been designed to expand and improve physical capability of users, particularly people with physical disabilities...

hybrid-assist exoskeleton which they claim augments body movement and increases user strength by up to ten times.