HAL [Hybrid Assistive Limb] is the world‘s first*1 cyborg-type robot, by which a wearer‘s bodily functions can be improved, supported and enhanced.

Wearing of HAL leads to a fusion of “man”, “machine” and “information”. HAL assists a physically challenged person to move and enables him or her to exert bigger motor energy than usual. HAL is also considered as the system that accelerates a motor learning of cerebral nerves.

*1 The international patent relevant to HAL was accredited as Notable Invention by World Intellectual Property Organization [=WIPO].