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Cyberdyne, Omron partner in robotics field

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (R), president of powered exoskeleton maker Cyberdyne Inc., and Yoshihito Yamada, president of Omron Corp., announce the two firms' alliance in the field of robotics in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014.

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Wearable, transport robots demonstrated in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cyberdyne Inc., a venture company producing powered exoskeletons, demonstrates a wearable one and a transport robot in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014.

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Cyberdyne unveils new HAL robot suit

TSUKUBA, Japan - Cyberdyne Inc. President Yoshiyuki Sankai, also professor of the University of Tsukuba, and men wearing Cyberdyne's new HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit called a task support-back load reduction type, pose for a photo in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 30, 2014.

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Man wears Cyberdyne's new HAL robot suit

TSUKUBA, Japan - A man wears the new HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit developed by Cyberdyne Inc., called a task support-back load reduction type, and lifts cases weighing a total of 40 kilograms in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 30, 2014.

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Cyberdyne debuts on TSE's Mothers market

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), president of Cyberdyne Inc., and a model wearing the company's HAL robot suit, pose for photos at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 26, 2014. Cyberdyne, a venture company that produces robot suits to help disabled and elderly people in their daily activities, debuted on the TSE's Mothers market for start-up companies the same day.

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Robot Suit HAL

TSUKUBA, Japan - Cyberdyne Inc. CEO Yoshiyuki Sankai (L) explains his venture company's product, medical Robot Suit HAL, (R) worn by an employee in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo on Aug 5, 2013. HAL was recognized by a German certification body as a medical device that may be sold for rehabilitation assistance throughout the entire European Union, according to the company.

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Robotic suit for workers at nuclear accident sites

TOKYO, Japan - A person walks wearing a new model of the HAL robotic suit, with weight totaling 40 kilograms on the front and back, as the model is unveiled by maker Cyberdyne Inc. at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012. The new model was developed to help workers wearing heavy protective gear against radiation exposure at nuclear accident sites.

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Robotic suit for workers at nuclear accident sites

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (R), a professor at the University of Tsukuba, stands beside a person wearing a new model of the HAL robotic suit at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012. The new model, unveiled by maker Cyberdyne Inc., was developed by a team of researchers led by Sankai to help workers wearing heavy protective gear against radiation exposure at nuclear accident sites.

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Robotic suit for workers at nuclear accident sites

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a person wearing a new model of the HAL robotic suit at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012, as the model is unveiled by maker Cyberdyne Inc. The new model was developed to help workers wearing heavy protective gear against radiation exposure at nuclear accident sites.

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Robotic suit for workers at nuclear accident sites

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a person wearing a new model of the HAL robotic suit at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012, as the model is unveiled by maker Cyberdyne Inc. The new model was developed to help workers wearing heavy protective gear against radiation exposure at nuclear accident sites.

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"HAL" robot suit to be introduced at Tokyo's Haneda airport

A man wearing a "HAL" robot suit carries a box at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 2, 2015. Japan Airport Terminal Co. said the same day it will introduce three HAL robot suits at Haneda's domestic terminals in September. The suit, developed by Cyberdyne Inc., a robotics spin-off of the University of Tsukuba, helps workers lift heavy items. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cyberdyne displays powered exoskeleton gear

A powered exoskeleton unit is displayed at a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a Cyberdyne Inc. facility to produce the gear called "HAL" in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2015. The Tsukuba University venture firm aims to start operating the facility in March next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cyberdyne breaks ground for powered exoskeleton plant construction

President Yoshiyuki Sankai and other executives of Cyberdyne Inc. break ground in a ceremony for the construction of a facility for the production of powered exoskeleton gear in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2015. The gear, dubbed "HAL", is used to support workers in hard medical and nursing care services. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiwa House to rent out additional robot suits for nursing care

Daiwa House Industry Co. shows three types of self-support assistive robotic suits "Robot Suit HAL" in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2015. The major homebuilder, also known for services of selling, leasing and renting robotic products, will begin renting out these types of robotic suits, produced by Cyberdyne Inc., to nursing care and welfare facilities from May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Health ministry OKs sale of Cyberdyne's medical robotic suit

Cyberdyne Inc. President Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), a professor at the University of Tsukuba, and a man in the firm's HAL for medical use (lower limb type), are seen at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015. The ministry officially approved the sale of the robotic remedial device in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Limb-assisting "HAL" gear leased to nursing care facilities

Photo taken in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2015, shows three types of the "HAL" self-support assistive exoskeleton, produced by Cyberdyne Inc., a venture company based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Major Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House Industry Co. has been leasing them to nursing care and welfare facilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Limb-assisting robotic exoskeleton helps lift heavy stuff

A female worker (L) lifts a power distribution board weighing some 20 kg without much effort with the aid of a limb-assisting robotic exoskeleton worn around her waist at the labor ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2015, as labor minister Akihiro Ota looks on. The "Hybrid Assistive Limb" has been developed by Japan's startup Cyberdyne Inc. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"HAL" robot suit to be introduced at Tokyo's Haneda airport

A man wearing a "HAL" robot suit carries a box at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 2, 2015. Japan Airport Terminal Co. said the same day it will introduce three HAL robot suits at Haneda's domestic terminals in September. The suit, developed by Cyberdyne Inc., a robotics spin-off of the University of Tsukuba, helps workers lift heavy items. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wearable, transport robots demonstrated in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cyberdyne Inc., a venture company producing powered exoskeletons, demonstrates a wearable one and a transport robot in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Cyberdyne, Omron partner in robotics field

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (R), president of powered exoskeleton maker Cyberdyne Inc., and Yoshihito Yamada, president of Omron Corp., announce the two firms' alliance in the field of robotics in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Man wears Cyberdyne's new HAL robot suit

TSUKUBA, Japan - A man wears the new HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit developed by Cyberdyne Inc., called a task support-back load reduction type, and lifts cases weighing a total of 40 kilograms in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Kawasaki city joins hands with 'robot suit' company

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Mayor Norihiko Fukuda (L) watches the movements of a human-assisting "robot suit" developed by Cyberdyne Inc. at the Kawasaki city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on June 18, 2014. On the right of the "HAL" robot suit is Cyberdyne President Yoshiyuki Sankai. The city government signed a cooperative partnership pact with Cyberdyne.