There could soon be real-life cyborgs walking among us.
A Japanese robotics firm recently received approval from the FDA to bring its futuristic HAL Robot Suit to the U.S.
Cyberdyne has been developing the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) for nearly a decade, but only now has the firm been able to bring the technology stateside.
The machine is able to pick up bio-electric signals, or an electric current given off by tissues, organs or cell systems.
The most common example of this is an EEG machine, or equipment that’s able to read brainwaves.
HAL has sensors that attach to the wearer’s legs, which then detect bio-electric signals transmitted from the brain to the muscles.
This then triggers the robotic exoskeleton to begin walking.
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