Cyberdyne

Japan’s Haneda Airport to deploy 3 types of robots from Cyberdyne

View image | gettyimages.com [clear] Cyberdyne, the inventor of the HAL exoskeleton, is expanding their product line and Japan's Haneda Airport is their first customer....

13 July 2015, by Frank Tobe

3 exoskeleton companies go public

First came Ekso Bionics with an alternative public offering that netted $30.3 million; then Cyberdyne let its stock be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; and last week the WSJ reported that ReWalk Ro...

14 July 2014, by Frank Tobe

Service robots boost Danish welfare

In 2006, Denmark created a fund of three billion Danish kronor ($519-million) to study how technologies like service robots can be used to replace manual labour in various public services. Social r...

03 November 2012, by Wolfgang Heller

Exoskeletons: New and old

With NASA's X1 Robotic Exoskeleton in the news today, it's timely to look at the increasing range of exoskeletons in development or use today. X1 (NASA, IHMC) Built in conjunction with...

12 October 2012, by Andra Keay

Robots to the rescue as an aging Japan looks for help

ROBOTS in rapidly ageing Japan are moving from the realm of science fiction and technology fairs to practical use, helping the elderly with rehabilitation and performing daily tasks. See on www.theau...