Imagine Roaming The Streets Inside This Gigantic Mechanized Robot
Cruising around town in a giant mechanized robot suit is something every kid (and most adults) dream about - Now thanks to the efforts of Japanese artist Kogoro Kurata and Roboticist Watara Yoshizaki, their wishes have come true.
Unveiled on July 29th at Tokyo's biannual Wonder Fest, the Kuratas Robot is 13 feet tall and weighs 9,900 pounds. It's state-of-the art software system called V-Sido, allows it to be operated in one of three ways - By a driver physically sitting inside the sophisticated cockpit, remotely with a smart-phone or with the help of a master-slave system, whereby the giant mimics the moves made by a much smaller hand-held model manipulated from the outside.
Kuratas that derives its energy from diesel fuel can be driven around town in a low stealth mode or stretched out tall - Intimidating everyone around. However, with a top speed of 10km/hr the lumbering giant is not for people trying to get places in a hurry.
And of course, no robot is complete without some kind of weaponry arsenal - With a launcher that fires water balloons on demand and two Gatling guns capable of firing up to 6,000 BB pellets per minute, the Kuratas does not disappoint. What's even cooler is that once the target has been locked in, the guns can be triggered with a mere smile or giggle!
Though Mr. Kogoro Kurata insists that Kuratas is just a work of art and not available to consumers, the Suidobashi Heavy industry website where the robot was built, appears to be taking orders and even encouraging potential buyers to customize their Kuratas robot. However, with a base price of $1.35million USD for a toy deemed unsafe for the road by its creator, we are probably not likely to see this lumbering giant invading our cities anytime soon - But even seeing one of these walking around would be pretty cool wouldn't it?
Resources: gizmag.com,ubergizmo.com.
191 Comments
- thebeast5/22/2013really cool wish i had one what is the age limit i wonder?
vampirebro4/25/2013EPIK RAD AWESOME WATS ANOTHER WORD THAT'S HOW COOL THIS IS I JUST CAN'T DESCRIBE IT!!!!- MINECRAFT4/25/2013SO COOL!!!!!!
- coolman 4/23/2013this is like so cooooooooooool i want one like so sososososososososososo bad
- Knothead4/18/2013I need one!
jonezyboy4/3/2013Sweeeeeeet- cool guy3/26/2013i dont really get the point of this .
- I'm a idiot 3/18/2013Cool
- Kaden3/9/2013sweet I bet they will put that in battle. AND WIN!!!!!!!!!!!
jsk3/19/2013With BB guns and water balloons?
- Dark Bowser3/7/2013I came up with something like this first. The government keeps taking all of my ideas and giving them to other people. It really sucks.
jsk3/19/2013Then why didn't the government make it first?
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