Cyberdyne HAL-5 in Mass Production-$4200 Options

[Bladepaul]

http://www.botjunkie.com/2009/04/13/cyberd...ion-costs-4200/

The HAL-5 is a Japanese exoskeleton capable of augmenting your strength by up to ten times. Of course, I would rather have a REX that the U.S. military is developing, but this thing is actually realistically priced. It's been slowly evolving over the years to it's present form, and I am giddy and excited that it's only a matter of a few years before their mass production expands enough to start selling these things to the general public in the United States. The later versions will have more than 5 hours of battery life and doubtless have other improvements.

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This post has been edited by Bladepaul: Nov 2 2009, 12:24 AM

[I]

it's only a matter of a few years before their mass production expands enough to start selling these things to the general public in the United States.

It's only a matter of time before they start producing these...



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[JJ17400]

That is freaking awsome, I want one

[ProMetaAnaTelo]

This would be epic. I'd pretend to be a super-hero and save people from being crushed under cars.

:D

[Insanitosis]

See by the time i am 250 years old I want an exoskeleton with a microfusion reactor in it that provides me with energy so i dont have to eat, can lift 5 tons boulders, and lets me jump really far and live in oxygen free environments.

[Charmedpop]

It'd be awesome to have one of those lying around the house.

[SgtGumbo]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

This post has been edited by SgtGumbo: Nov 2 2009, 03:01 AM

[Mcharger]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

How would being 10 times as strong be impractical? Or being able to run twice as fast? Please explain how having strength beyond the normal human capacity is impractical, because I'm not getting it at all. Sometimes I wonder what they put in the water in Canada...oh wait, your government controls your water doesn't it? They probably have over-dosed on the flouride and your brain is becoming paste.

[SgtGumbo]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

How would being 10 times as strong be impractical? Or being able to run twice as fast? Please explain how having strength beyond the normal human capacity is impractical, because I'm not getting it at all. Sometimes I wonder what they put in the water in Canada...oh wait, your government controls your water doesn't it? They probably have over-dosed on the flouride and your brain is becoming paste.

Give it up for big internet tough guy Mcharger on the keyboard people

They have trouble operating in hot/cold climates and batteries still need to be replaced after awhile, they break down like everything else, even easier.
Besides, tell me exactly what your going to do with it. Even in the military we all know that good training and agility is what's needed. Any bullet would make you clunky target practice, if you aren't already dead from being too slow. Tanks already do their role anyway.

Hydraulic fluid and lithium batteries don't grow on trees either.

This post has been edited by SgtGumbo: Nov 2 2009, 04:35 AM

[Mcharger]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

How would being 10 times as strong be impractical? Or being able to run twice as fast? Please explain how having strength beyond the normal human capacity is impractical, because I'm not getting it at all. Sometimes I wonder what they put in the water in Canada...oh wait, your government controls your water doesn't it? They probably have over-dosed on the flouride and your brain is becoming paste.

Give it up for big internet tough guy Mcharger on the keyboard people

*Takes a bow*
Now everybody, be sure to give SgtGumbo his government milk money...

[Charmedpop]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

How would being 10 times as strong be impractical? Or being able to run twice as fast? Please explain how having strength beyond the normal human capacity is impractical, because I'm not getting it at all. Sometimes I wonder what they put in the water in Canada...oh wait, your government controls your water doesn't it? They probably have over-dosed on the flouride and your brain is becoming paste.

Give it up for big internet tough guy Mcharger on the keyboard people

They have trouble operating in hot/cold climates and batteries still need to be replaced after awhile, they break down like everything else, even easier.
Besides, tell me exactly what your going to do with it. Even in the military we all know that good training and agility is what's needed. Any bullet would make you clunky target practice, if you aren't already dead from being too slow. Tanks already do their role anyway.

Hydraulic fluid and lithium batteries don't grow on trees either.

It would be good for carrying in groceries. It'd also be good if you were moving and had a lot of boxes to move. I agree not everyone is going to have one but it would be worth the cash if you do a lot of around the house activites. My grandma always moves her furniture around and she hates asking for help, she would greatly benefit from this. I'd say it would save on visits to chiropractor but you probably could go there without spending an arm and a leg anyway.

Of course, there is always the novelty factor, in itself would be enough for a lot of rich people.

[Max]

So basically I can basically lift up to a ton of weight with this?

[HeartFlame]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

How would being 10 times as strong be impractical?

The cost.

[Stellar]

Now I just need an oversized suit to cover up the bulky exoskeleton, and I'll be on my way to impressing the ladies.

"Hey baby lets go back to my place, hop on my back I'll carry you. Yeah it's much quicker to run"

[Bladepaul]

Exoskeletons are actually very practical. Current iterations in development for the U.S. military are actually rather light for what they can do and do not hinder your movements very much. As an example, the Exohiker weighs 35 pounds, is a full leg exoskeleton that can carry effectively up to 200 pound loads. It can also be folded into stowage as a backpack.

[Mcharger]

Will probably remain impractical for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

*But hey, this one isn't too bulky..

How would being 10 times as strong be impractical?

The cost.

Considering this model is only $4,000, that's not that much. Beyond military use, these can be useful for helping people who are disabled walk and move around. This is a major step forward in medical science as well, now robotic legs can be effectively used to allow people to walk.

[Bladepaul]

The HAL-5 can also walk without any input from the user. Meaning, if you are disabled, it can automatically go through the motions required to walk, as a human would, without you actually having to do anything. Pretty good for rehabilitation I would say.

But let's face it, the real reason we all want one is to walk into school/work one day and act like superhero's. Imagine building a master chief prop armor suit over this exoskeleton. That way, not only do you look awesome at conventions, but it actually functions too. How many people can say, "yeah, my master chief armor works!"

[Hayaemsay]

The awesomeness of any superpower usually comes from it's rarity, once this is freely accessible it loses a lot of cool factor.

Also, you see an awesome exoskeleton and the first thing you think is Master Chef. What the hell?

[Bladepaul]

Iron man's suit is bullshit. Master Chief's suit is more realistic. Except that we will have something like it within the next several decades, not 500 friggen years.

Master Chief has augmented strength via the suit, but it's a more realistic representation of what a military exoskeleton would allow you to do. Jump higher, run faster, lift heavier, but nothing extreme. You would be able to carry larger weapons, like Master Chief can duel wield, and has practically no felt recoil from small arms. In that same vein, a real life military exoskeleton, like the Rex, would allow soldiers to carry weapons and armor normally used only on vehicles. That would make soldiers wearing such suits capable of being armored to a high enough degree to withstand small arms fire with ease (vs just getting a huge bruise and surviving a single shot) as well as carrying heavy weapons. Say, a 20mm automatic cannon.

[SgtGumbo]

Well the problem is that as soon as you make armor supposedly able to take direct bullet shots, bigger guns pop-up everywhere. It costs far more to make armor than to make a better gun.

Hell AK's go through everything.

This post has been edited by SgtGumbo: Nov 4 2009, 12:54 AM