CYBERDYNE STUDIO
CYBERDYNE STUDIO is a facility where visitors can experience state-of-the-art Cybernics technologies.
Facility Overview
Exhibition Area
This area showcases CYBERDYNE’s cutting-edge Cybernics technologies.
- Opening Hours
- 10:00–21:00
- Admission
- Free
Neuro HALFIT Area
This area offers the “Neuro HALFIT®” service, which uses advanced Cybernics technology to help enhance neural and muscular functions.
For more information about Neuro HALFIT, please visit the Robocare Center website.
OmniVision
An immersive visual space created by a seamless screen spanning up to 270 degrees. Screenings include “TARGET HAL Micro Adventure” (produced by Shoji Kawamori).
Viewing requires booking the “Group Tour.”
Seminar Room
A space suitable for small meetings and events.
Group Tour
This guided tour introduces CYBERDYNE and its wearable cyborg HAL®.
Tour Program
► 1. Exhibition Area Overview
Learn about the wide range of technologies developed by CYBERDYNE and how its flagship product, HAL, is applied across various fields.
► 2. Original Movie Screening
Enjoy an original film themed around HAL on a seamless screen spanning up to 270 degrees.
► 3. HAL Operating Principles: Explanation & Hands-on Experience
Learn about HAL’s unique operating principles. Sensors will be attached to each participant’s arm, allowing everyone to experience how the system works firsthand.
Tour Information
| Available Hours | Monday to Friday, 10:00–18:00, excluding national holidays and facility closure days |
|---|---|
| Group Size | 5 to 40 participants Groups smaller than 5 or larger than 40 may be accommodated upon request. Please contact us for details. |
| Fee (tax included)* | Adults: JPY 1,400 per person Students: JPY 1,100 per person |
- Preschool children may participate free of charge.
- Up to three accompanying persons—such as tour conductors, interpreters, or student supervisors—may join free of charge when assisting the group. For details, please contact CYBERDYNE STUDIO via the application form or by phone.
- The fee includes original souvenir goods. Participation without souvenirs is also available at a discounted rate (JPY 100 off).
- If interpretation services are required, an additional interpretation fee will apply (English only).
How to Apply
Please start by submitting your request through the tentative booking request form. Your booking request will be treated as tentative at this stage. After we receive your request, we will send you a dedicated application form to confirm your booking. Please complete the required information and submit the form. Your booking will be confirmed once we have reviewed the form and formally accepted your request.
For the group tour, tentative booking requests can be made for dates from one week after the application date up to one year in advance.
HAL Try-on Experience
The HAL try-on experience is a program that allows you to wear and experience the wearable cyborg HAL firsthand.
Program Flow
► 1. Exhibition Area Overview
Learn about the wide range of technologies developed by CYBERDYNE and how its flagship product, HAL, is applied across various fields.
► 2. Operating Principles: Explanation & Experience
Learn about HAL’s unique operating principles. Sensors will be attached to participants’ arms so everyone can experience how it works.
► 3. Change Clothes & Suit Up
With assistance from our staff, you will put on HAL.
To fit HAL properly, our staff will attach sensors to your legs and waist.
► 4. Movement Experience
For the lower-limb type experience, you will wear HAL on your legs and experience the assist function. For the lumbar type experience, you will wear HAL around your waist, lift and carry an item, and experience motion assist.
Program Information
| Lower-Limb Type | Lumbar Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Available Hours | Monday to Friday, 10:00–18:00, excluding national holidays and facility closure days | |
| Participants | 1 to 4 people | 1 to 6 people |
| Duration | 90–120 minutes (varies by group size) | 45–60 minutes (varies by group size) |
| Fee (tax included)* | JPY 15,000 per person | Flat rate: JPY 10,000 for up to 2 people Additional participants: JPY 3,000 per person |
- If you would like to participate with more than the listed number of participants, please contact us. Visitors may observe as accompanying guests.
- If interpretation services are required, an additional interpretation fee will apply (English only).
Eligibility Requirements for the HAL Try-on Experience
To ensure the safe use of HAL, participants must meet the following requirements. Thank you for your understanding.
- Participants must have a body type suitable for wearing HAL (Lower-limb type: approx. 40–90 kg in weight and approx. 150–190 cm in height; Lumbar type: waist circumference up to 120 cm).
- No severe joint disorders.
- Able to understand the instructions and safety precautions.
- Must not fall under any of the following:
- Pregnant.
- Using active implantable medical devices such as pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
- If you have conditions such as severe high blood pressure, bone fragility, or heart failure, please consult your physician in advance.
- Depending on your health condition, our staff may determine that you are not eligible to participate.
If You Have Physical Function Concerns
If you have concerns related to your physical condition or mobility and would like to experience HAL-based training, we offer the Neuro HALFIT training program. Please submit your request using the Robocare Center form below.
How to Apply
Please start by submitting your request through the tentative booking request form. Your booking request will be treated as tentative at this stage. After we receive your request, we will send you a dedicated application form to confirm your booking. Please complete the required information and submit the form. Your booking will be confirmed once we have reviewed the form and formally accepted your request.
For the HAL try-on experience, tentative booking requests can be made for dates from one week after the application date up to one year in advance.
Facility Rental
CYBERDYNE STUDIO offers paid rentals of facilities such as the Exhibition Area, OmniVision, Seminar Room, and Neuro HALFIT Area.
For details, please contact CYBERDYNE STUDIO through the tentative booking request form or by phone.
| Exhibition Area | OmniVision | Seminar Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor Area | Approx. 220 m2 | Approx. 120 m2 | Approx. 40 m2 |
| Capacity | 200–250 people | 50–80 people | 20–25 people |
| Equipment | 17 m × 2.4 m screen / Exhibits on state-of-the-art Cybernics / Projector | Projector / DVD player / Wall screen / Basic sound system | Display / DVD player |
| Suggested Uses | Large exhibition hall / Public viewing | Video screenings / Presentations / Demonstrations | Small presentations / Meetings |
Access
Location
- Address: 5-19 Kenkyu-gakuen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0817, Japan 2F, iias Tsukuba
- Phone: 029-828-8282
- For the iias Tsukuba floor guide, click here.
By Train or Bus
8 minutes on foot from Kenkyu-gakuen Station (Tsukuba Express), North Exit
By Car
- 3 km toward Kenkyu-gakuen from Tsukuba-Chuo IC (Ken-O Expressway)
- 7 km toward Kenkyu-gakuen from Yatabe IC (Joban Expressway)
- 11 km toward Kenkyu-gakuen from Sakura-Tsuchiura IC (Joban Expressway)
- Please use the parking facilities at iias Tsukuba.
- For chartered buses, please use the designated parking area and follow the specified entry route. For details, please check the iias Tsukuba website.
- iias Tsukuba Large Bus Parking