Facts

• Segment: Healthcare
• Country: Japan
• Founded: 2004
• Website: https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

CYBERDYNE develops wearable cyborg and rehabilitation technologies built around its HAL system. HAL detects bioelectric signals from the wearer and assists intended movement, supporting rehabilitation, mobility assistance and physical-function improvement.

Market context

CYBERDYNE is one of the clearest publicly traded wearable robotics companies globally, with a long-standing exoskeleton platform and medical-device commercialization record. It matters because it combines robotic hardware, therapeutic workflows, and service infrastructure around real rehabilitation and assistive-use deployments. CYBERDYNE develops the HAL wearable robot product family on its Cybernics platform for medical rehabilitation, neuromotor support, and labor assistance, including clinical and service-oriented delivery models.

• Capability: Lower-limb and single-joint HAL exoskeleton systems for gait and movement therapy
• Capability: Wearable assistive robotics driven by bioelectrical signals
• Capability: Lumbar and workplace labor-support exoskeletons
• Capability: Cybernics treatment and wellbeing service workflows tied to hardware deployment
• Strategic position: Listed Japanese wearable robotics and medical exoskeleton commercialization
• Strategic position: Rehabilitation and assistive robotics with regulatory medical-device footprint
• Strategic position: Integration…

Facts

• Website: https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english
• HQ: Tsukuba, Japan
• Founded: 2004
• Ticker: 7779.T / TSE Growth
• Segment: Healthcare

Wearable rehabilitation robot company

CYBERDYNE develops HAL wearable robotic systems that support, enhance and regenerate physical movement through bioelectric-signal-based assistance.

• Target environment: Rehabilitation clinics, hospitals, neurorehabilitation programs, care settings and mobility-assistance environments.
• Deployment model: Medical and assistive wearable robot systems deployed through healthcare, rehabilitation and research channels.
• Customer context: Rehabilitation hospitals, clinicians, patients with neuromuscular conditions, care providers and research institutions.
• Workflow context: Gait rehabilitation, mobility support, limb assistance, therapy repetition and bioelectric-signal-based movement assistance.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially established wearable robotics company with HAL products used in rehabilitation and medical contexts.
• Market position: Healthcare robotics company focused on human-worn cybernic systems rather than autonomous mobile or surgical robots.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on clinical evidence, reimbursement, therapist workflow fit, patient eligibility, device cost and regulatory coverage.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes rehabilitation exoskeletons, assistive robotics, wearable robots and human-augmentation systems.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-06-16 - Market Signal - CYBERDYNE and Pegasus launch JPY 10B Physical AI CVC fund - Pegasus is the general partner and CYBERDYNE is the sole limited partner.
• 2026-01-21 - Partnership - CYBERDYNE signs strategic MoU with Carnegie Mellon University - CYBERDYNE announced a strategic memorandum of understanding with Carnegie Mellon University to accelerate research, education, a…
• 2026-01-14 - Partnership - CYBERDYNE and Thailand's Institute of Geriatric Medicine agree ASEAN healthcare innovation MoU - CYBERDYNE signed an MoU with Thailand''s Institute of Geriatric Medicine under the Department o…
• 2025-06-26 - Research Publication - HAL study on neuroplasticity and therapeutic benefit is published in an international medical journal - CYBERDYNE announced that HAL was identified in a systematic review as the only…
• 2025-06-18 - Partnership - CYBERDYNE signs MoU with National Taiwan University and the University of Tsukuba - CYBERDYNE signed a memorandum of understanding with National Taiwan University and the University of Tsukuba…
• 2025-01-31 - Regulatory - CYBERDYNE obtains Japanese approval for small-size model of Medical HAL - CYBERDYNE obtained certification in Japan to manufacture and sell the small-size model of Medical HAL Lower Limb Type B.
• 2024-12-10 - Product Launch - CYBERDYNE launches Medical Vital Sensor Cyvis M100 with Japan medical-device clearance and insurance coverage - CYBERDYNE announced the new Medical Vital Sensor Cyvis M100 after obtaining J…

Team

• Yoshiyuki Sankai - Founder, President and CEO
• Shinji Uga - Director and CFO

Relationships

• Academic and research partner - Strategic memorandum of understanding to accelerate research, education, and U.S. social implementation around Cybernics, AI, robotics, and medical-healthcare innovation.
• Healthcare innovation partner (ASEAN) - MoU with Thailand's Institute of Geriatric Medicine (Department of Medical Services) for Cybernics medical and healthcare innovation across ASEAN.
• Academic partner - Memorandum of understanding for Cybernics medical healthcare innovation with National Taiwan University.
• Academic partner - Memorandum of understanding for Cybernics medical healthcare innovation with the University of Tsukuba.

Context tags

• Rehabilitation robotics - Peer Group - CYBERDYNE develops HAL rehabilitation robotic exoskeletons.
• Medical exoskeletons - Peer Group - HAL is a powered medical exoskeleton for gait and limb rehabilitation.
• Gait rehabilitation - Workflow - HAL supports gait rehabilitation and walking recovery.
• Powered limb assistance - Capability - HAL provides powered limb assistance for impaired lower-limb function.
• Intent-based motion control - Capability - HAL uses bioelectric intent-based motion control from muscle signals.
• Rehabilitation robotics platform - Stack Layer - CYBERDYNE provides a rehabilitation robotics platform.
• Medical robot OEM - Stack Layer - CYBERDYNE builds complete HAL exoskeleton robotic systems.
• Rehabilitation clinics - Customer Environment - HAL is deployed in rehabilitation clinics and hospital therapy settings.