March 15, 2008
Pop culture overload…
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:
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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.

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March 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205590325 )
Hybrid Assistive Limb 5
March 15th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205599236 )
The new HAL-5, or more specifically the Hybrid Assistive Limb.
March 15th, 2008 at 5:35 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205602522 )
HAL-5, a Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL).
March 15th, 2008 at 7:02 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205607747 )
hybrid assistive limb exoskeleton
March 15th, 2008 at 7:55 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205610918 )
Hybrid Assistive Limb or HAL
the one in the pic is HAL 5
March 15th, 2008 at 10:34 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1205620467 )
Cyberdyne HAL-5
March 16th, 2008 at 2:44 am, GMT +0000 ( 1205635455 )
HAL – Hybrid Assistive Limb
March 16th, 2008 at 4:07 am, GMT +0000 ( 1205640441 )
HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)
March 16th, 2008 at 5:01 am, GMT +0000 ( 1205643681 )
Yoshiyuki Sankai’s Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL)
really cool device though!!! sad about the $1,000 a month rental that has been planned…
March 16th, 2008 at 7:33 am, GMT +0000 ( 1205652827 )
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.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:03 am, GMT +0000 ( 1205658189 )
HAL-5 robotic suit (wats the terminator doing there?)