company headquarters cyberdyne is a japanese robotics and technology company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the hal 5 robotic exoskeleton suit . 1 history edit cyberdyne was founded on june 24 2004 by yoshiyuki sankai a professor at the university of tsukuba . 2 as a venture company to develop his ideas for an exoskeleton suit . the name is the same as a fictional company from the terminator film series which also produces robots . the name however is not intentionally a reference but from the new academic fields of cybernics 3 and the suffix dyne referring to power . 4 in early 2009 cyberdyne attracted international media attention with the announcement that it will be marketing and distributing the hal 5 hybrid assistive limb powered exoskeleton 5 which they claim augments body movement and increases user strength by up to ten times . 6 as of february 2013 cyberdyne has leased 330 hal suits to 150 facilities across japan and hal has been given a global safety certification that should allow it to be distributed outside japan . 7 references edit companies portal robotics portal science & technology news space gaming computer news nbc news . tech.msn.com . retrieved 2013 11 26 . corporate profile cyberdyne . cyberdyne.jp . 2004 06 24 . retrieved 2013 11 26 . i m sure you have come across some difficulties . retrieved 2013 03 04 . http www.jsme.or.jp mechalife jp student interview 1003 1.pdf what s hal hybrid assistive limb cyberdyne . cyberdyne.jp . retrieved 2013 11 26 . ironman body suit . retrieved 2009 07 12 . japan robot suit gets global safety certificate external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to cyberdyne inc. . official website this robotics related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cyberdyne inc. & oldid 649884150 categories robotics stubs2004 establishments in japancompanies established in 2004companies of japanrobotics companieshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 4 march 2015 at 20 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view