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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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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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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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Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013, shows Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, and a model wearing a robot suit Sankai developed. The suit, designed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, was given a safety certification the same day by a Japanese quality assurance organization, becoming the world's first welfare-purpose robot to be thus certified.

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Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, receives a safety certification from an official from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization for a robot suit Sankai developed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, in a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013.

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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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Nursing-care, welfare robots being put into practical use

TOKYO, Japan - This cyborg-type robot suit has been developed by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the graduate school of the University of Tsukuba.

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Robotic suit HAL

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates a robotic suit, HAL, developed by scientist Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at Tsukuba University, to help reduce the physical burden of lifting heavy items, at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture. The photo was taken on May 10, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Nursing-care, welfare robots being put into practical use

TOKYO, Japan - This cyborg-type robot suit has been developed by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the graduate school of the University of Tsukuba. (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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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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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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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.