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More than 60 people have signed up as regular visitors to Cyberdyne Studio, a walking-training version of the usual fitness clubs that opened in September in Tsukuba City northeast of Tokyo, using the lower-limb model

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Sankai is now in talks with foreign companies such as France’s Bouygue construction group.
“We are exploring cooperation outside the medical and welfare field, for ways to help heavy physical work,” he said.
Bayer MaterialScience in the German conglomerate Bayer announced in October it would help Cyberdyne replace metal parts with high-quality plastics to pave the way for easier and cheaper production of the complex shaped suit.
HAL will also be tried out in hospitals in Denmark and Sweden.