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(FILES) This file picture, taken on August 3, 2009 shows Japan’s robotics venture Cyberdyne employees wearing the robot-suit “HAL” (Hybrid Assistive Limb) as they walk on a street in Tokyo for a demonstration. HAL was given a global safety certification on February 27, 2013, paving the way for the nation’s cutting-edge human robotic technology worldwide. The certificate was given based on a draft version of ISO 13482, the first global safety standard for personal robots. AFP PHOTO / FILES / Yoshikazu TSUNO