An employee of Japanese robot venture Cyberdyne demonstrates new robot suit Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) for medical use, developed by University of Tsukuba professor Yoshiyuki Sankai, at the Cyberdyne headquarters in Tsukuba, suburban Tokyo on August 5, 2013. The HAL, which is designed to learn the user's motion and assist their movement, can be used for the rehabilitation of disabled and assist elderly people, was authenticated as a medical device in Europe by European certification authority. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)