My mind is blown...

Combined with that rhino beetle-tank thing from Japan, we are this much closer to the Ghost in the Shell future. Which I am totally ok with.

"How to Survive a Robot Uprising" is in stock at Amazon now. Get that and the "Zombie Survival Guide" and you'll be okay.

Good thing too, all that muscle could be used to carry a battery big enough to power the exoskeleton for more than ten minutes at a time.

Its one step away from JT Marsh's EXO Frame...

We're gonna get fucked harder than a drunken prom date.

HAL? Cyberdyne? Seriously, Japan, I realized the US may have vaporized a couple of your cities (our bad on that), but does that really justify the eventual enslavement of the entire species?

It'll be the perfect weapon against the machines :3

Quick! Someone move the Odaiba Gundam before Cyberdyne gets its hands on it.

Oh shit. RUUUUNNNNNNNN!

But can he turn into a motorcycle?

Didn't these people do ANY research on the name? Or was HAL named something else in Japan because the abbreviation was different?

I wonder what would happen if you cranked that shit to 11?

Now all we need is test person named Dave.
"Why are you hitting youself Dave, why"
By the way this is the only way zombies can as fast and strong as in the newer movies

Well it's over... We aren't gonna live to see an avengers movie. Between this, the gundam and the fact that North Korea has nuclear assualt capabillites and is run by a man who is terminally ill, we are fucked. I was ready for zombies and the chance of a serious global pandemic (ie the stand) but I haven't penned my plan for a robot invasion.

Holy shit, I don't want to think about someone wearing one of these things and then turning into a zombie. I'm never going to sleep ever again now.

The other day I was asking about why no one has taken the initiative to be Batman. Now we're one step closer ...

Seriously that inventor is EVIL. just listen to him. he can barely contain him himself. You know there's going to be about a million retarded Star Wars fans cutting off their own hands just to get a cybernetic replacement from this guy.

i could also see a conspiracy here. either the inventor is already an alien or the goal is to get everyone in one of these things then remotely control them as slaves! CALLED IT!

And apparently it has the power to auto-teabag as evidenced at 1:44.

My God, he's more machine than man!

Honestly, this seems like a very sensible invention from japan. If japan was in its usual state, they would've made this to fit dogs cats and those racoons with the huge testies before humans

Yeah, this is exactly the control system interface you use for a giant mecha; you wear it like a suit, it moves when you move. You could probably power the whole thing with a nuclear thermoelectric cell like the ones on the Voyager, Galileo and Cassini probes.

The only reason we don't have small, powerful batteries that could power that thing for literally *years* is that we don't want people walking around with plutonium on their backs. Which is a very, very good reason, really.

FUCK.

Well, looks like we're going to have to rally up a resistance for the inveitible birth of Skynet.

ROB, YOU MUST LEAD US TO SALVATION!!

i am giddie with school girl joy . ohhh the possibilities . i think i might look at diffferent comic books to catalougue which future i want .

Heres the thing...the head of this company really is evil. He admits that he got into robotics because of the movies,and the name of his company is NOT a coincidence. He really and truly does want to make a Terminator/HAL/Johnny-5/WALL-E with rape attachments/Cylon really for real robot...and he will. All it takes is for these fuckers to get a DOD contract and then we're all living in The Matrix....

Glad to see I'm not the only one stunned by the terrifyingly ominous acronym assigned to this soon to be self aware piece of hardware.

Hal & Cyberdyne FTW! *ROFLMAO*

Imagine the possibilities for things like fire & rescue, earthquake response, armored combat to the death for our amusement, and pizza delivery.

So, who is going to make the Iron Man armor to wear so they can fight the mech-wearing zombies and save us all?!?

Not to amp up he paranoia or anything, but England already has a military computer/satellite system called Skynet....

Seriously... I'm thinking RoboCop... Who wouldn't want to come back as robocop???

CLEARLY the united states is already ahead of them, yes its not covered with the shiny japanimation plastic they have, but look at the end result products and what they claim it can do already. It can do its own thing if you step out of it... We got this covered we'll be alright.

I am ashamed that there isn't one "I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords" post in this whole batch!

It's only a matter of time, people.

"I am ashamed that there isn't one "I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords" post in this whole batch! "

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

I just finished watching Iron Man with my dad and i couldn't help but notice some similarities between this story and the iron man suits.

I'm just gonna put it out there and say that this could be the coolest thing ever! We may get all sorts of people in these things working in contruction and the military. Crazy but still cool.

Then imagine the entertainment values from this. Sports would change altogether! Strong man competitions, football, olympics, wrestling and boxing. Like battlebots but with people getting seriously injured. I could see it in about 30 years or so. Just enough time to put on some muscles, grow a mustache, and get me a coupla metal whips like Mickey Rourke.

@varrior THANK YOU! hehehe

Side note. Look on the website where it says access at the top of the page. Look at the symbol. Anyone recognize it?

I think someone is pulling one giant nerd prank.

"What do they accelerate?"

"YOU."

Well, until someone makes this suit fully automated, so it will not need a human to move, interact, destroy, kill, I'm not scared. But, we know that the japanese love to make robots, that can pretty much live without us... maybe we ARE f*cked.

On the other hand: for getting a suit like this, in the future, cutting down one of your arms won't be enough. You will also need to rob a bank! (Hmm... it is not a bad idea...)

So in the end... I welcome our new robot overlords, may they rule be long and most entertaining :)

I think we're okay up until the day Sankai declares himself "bio-vizier". By then you'd better have your suicide pill handy.

This is why I don't usually read the news whilst on vacation. I should listen to the little voice in the back of my mind telling me to stay away from computers, and I should ignore the one that tells me to stay connected. Damn it.

That thing, plus chobham armor plates, plus a minigun or two and you've got yourself a handy little mech. Now all we need is a compact and STRONG powersource.

Japan, Cyberdyne, Exoskeleton, HAL. Really, those are are four word you don't want to have in the same sentence.

...and they still can't enlarge the penis?

I'm actually really surprised that this is news to anyone, the video is already two years old.

As I recall, the physical therapist did not manage to carry the patient up the mountain and they have since mass produced the exoskeleton and it is available for rental. Honestly, the concept behind it is basically G-Gundam, I'm already saving my pennies to rent it.

Yes, but can it make my morning coffee?

ps I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

Thank you, Greg, for the Snow Crash reference. That made my day.

And also: I can't wait to join the Exo-Squad.

I think this is a great step forward!! just image how this will help people who may be disabled and for the elderly.
Sure we're all going to die, but it appears we can make that process very exciting to say the least!! I don't think its fun to grow old and become physically static, especially if our mind is extremely active.

neat. but a U.S. company has been working on something like that already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ4J69EEpu4

so were not gonna die. it'll just Guyver vs. master chief the ultimate showdown.

"Sometimes...it moves BEFORE the human's muscle does!"
Uh oh.

My first thought was powered armor from the Starship Troopers novel.

Guess I'm showing my age, eh?