IEEE Spectrum: Video: Japanese Exoskeletons Stroll Through Tokyo Streets

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Sankai-san is back. Check out the latest demo of the HAL exoskeleton suit, invented by Yoshiyuki Sankai at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Sankai is commercializing the suit through his company, Cyberdyne, which has recently demonstrated the system on the streets of Tokyo.

What the video doesn't show is that the suit uses bio-electrical sensors attached to the body to capture electromyogram signals on the skin and control the actuators. Cyberdyne claims that the suit can "multiply the original strength by a factor of 2 to 10."

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