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March 15, 2008

Pop culture overload…

srikanth @ 1:09 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205586580 ) Play

What’s this device called?

The inventor didn’t choose the name too wisely, though. Somehow, these aren’t the best examples of “helpful” robots:

Cracked by: madhur , teju , Dibyo , bobo , prasanth , varuns88 , shashank , rajeshvj , duriel , udupendra and jayanth.

Answer: To rip off Udupendra from the answer’s below:
HAL – Hybrid Assistive Limb – pop culture reference to the evil HAL9000

It’s manufactured by Cyberdyne – company that takes its name from the fictional company that made the Terminator cyborgs.

11 Responses to “Pop culture overload…”

  1. madhur Says:

    Hybrid Assistive Limb 5

    madhur

  2. teju Says:

    The new HAL-5, or more specifically the Hybrid Assistive Limb.

    teju

  3. Dibyo Says:

    HAL-5, a Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL).

    Dibyo

  4. bobo Says:

    hybrid assistive limb exoskeleton


  5. prasanth Says:

    Hybrid Assistive Limb or HAL

    the one in the pic is HAL 5


  6. varuns88 Says:

    Cyberdyne HAL-5

    varuns88

  7. shashank Says:

    HAL – Hybrid Assistive Limb

    shashank

  8. rajeshvj Says:

    HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)

    rajeshvj

  9. duriel Says:

    Yoshiyuki Sankai’s Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL)

    really cool device though!!! sad about the $1,000 a month rental that has been planned…


  10. udupendra Says:

    HAL – Hybrid Assistive Limb – pop culture reference to the evil HAL9000

    It’s manufactured by Cyberdyne – company that takes its name from the fictional company that made the Terminator cyborgs.

    udupendra

  11. jayanth Says:

    HAL-5 robotic suit (wats the terminator doing there?)

    jayanth

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