Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics and technology company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the HAL 5 robotic exoskeleton suit.[1]
Cyberdyne was founded on June 24, 2004, by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the University of Tsukuba.[2] The name, Cyberdyne, comes from the fictional company that manufactured Skynet in the Terminator film series. In early 2009, Cyberdyne attracted international media attention with the announcement that it will be marketing and distributing the HAL 5 hybrid-assist exoskeleton[3] which they claim augments body movement and increases user strength by up to ten times.[4]