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Cybernics is a frontier science centered on cybernetics, mechatronics, and informatics, and it aims toward an integration of humans with robotics by means of information technology A pioneering development in Cybernics is the exoskeletal robot suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limbs), which is able to enhance and reinforce human limb motions by detecting weak bioelectrical signals. The development of HAL is particularly important in light of the rapidly aging population in both Japan and other advanced countries. In promoting HAL as a new piece of medical equipment, the manufacturer faced considerable obstacles from administrative bodies. Japan clearly needs a world-class permit-approval process for nascent technology that can serve as an international certification standard. Education also needs to be addressed, and for this reason the Cybernics Program was established. The program aims to create and establish technology for the functional, organic, and sociological integration of human, machine, and information systems.
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Sankai, Y. (2014). Cybernics: Fusion of Human, Machine and Information Systems. In: Sankai, Y., Suzuki, K., Hasegawa, Y. (eds) Cybernics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54159-2_1
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