Intel just helped make an exoskeleton which is straight out of the future

The Cyberdeyne HAL system utilised the Intel hardware to offer a cyborg like robotic assistance, to those with missing or damaged limbs. This works with bio-electric-signals (BES) which can be detected faintly on the skin. The HAL system is reportedly capable of supporting a person up to 86 kg in weight and can work for between 60 and 90 minutes at a time. A single limb version can replace or augment lower or single legs and those can last up to two hours at a time. The company Cyberdyne also produces a full body version which is designed for use in disaster relief scenarios or potentially for those with full body paralyses. HAL is designed to augment human capability, said Paul Tapp, director of technology for Intel. “Within the HAL robot exoskeleton, there’s an embedded Intel Atom processor,” he said. “That’s really the central processing unit for all of the different sensors and microcontrollers that are taking nerve signals from the human body and interpreting them and feeding back that data.” Tapp said the robot technology is the futurist fodder used in old movies.