Gundam comes to life, I want one...

Mark Dygert

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MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. (Kyodo) An environment machinery maker has developed a robot that can be ridden and maneuvered like one in the animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam."

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050518f2.htm

MoP

I'm pretty sure this was posted at least a month ago... it's a goddamn slow robot too... and the legs are just for show really, it actually just slides along, not proper walking motion.

pogonip

Deffinatly see it as future technology but I think this guy is an idealist, but good start i'd like to see a video of it moving .

KDR_11k

Where's the link to that "tachikoma"-style walker japanese engineers built? That was a REAL walker, not some toy.

JO420

ill take a hot little japanese girl in a school girl outfite over that

Justin Meisse

Haven't we learned anything from Star Wars?

sundance

yeah, don't fight little furry teddy bears in two legged walkers and don't fight hotshot pilots in four legged walkers.

but you're okay to fight idiotic droids in either.

KDR_11k

JO420: I'm looking forward to the day they start selling those in stores .

JO420

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JO420: I'm looking forward to the day they start selling those in stores .

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actually kdr in japan that is 50% there,they sell everything in vending machines,you can buy those outfits in vending machines in tokyo,just need to add 1 japanese girl

Mark Dygert

what a let down... it shuffles instead of moving likea robot that can be ridden and maneuvered like one in the animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam."

http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/LW.htm

Atleast its one small shuffle toward really cool big robots... Wow where was the truth in reporting, just goes to show you that you can't believe everything you see on the net...

KDR_11k

JO: You forgot the fact that they are used. Those vending machines are selling WORN panties.

Rick Stirling

No vending machines in Japan sell used panties these days. Officially.

Eric Chadwick

The Plustech forest walker was pretty cool. I'm sure this has been posted here before though. But they have some videos of it in action.

http://web.archive.org/web/20021014095800/http://www.plustech.fi/Walking1.html

Badge

wonder if he needs a permit for those guns, they look pretty fearsome 0.o

man i bet he picks up a lot of chicks........ahahahahaa

its cool though.

KDR_11k

Rick: Yes but officially gambling has been outlawed in Japan, too. Or at lest there is no official gambling going on. All casinos exploit some loophole in the law.

hawken

I drive one of these to work, it's pretty much old hat now in tokyo.

KDR_11k

Isn't that awfully slow and problematic in high traffic areas like Tokyo?

Mark Dygert

Yeah because high traffic areas are always moving at the speed of light...

KDR_11k

Go complain about the english of native speakers instead .