What in the....? Land Walker

[mad pierrot]

Look out Robocop.

ED-209 (http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/LW.htm)





Some interesting video clips, too. You think this site is for real?

[Jent]

I don't know. That's crazy. Apprarently you can buy one of these.

[Iron Chef]

Heheh... sweet.

[Tim33]

Like it AT-ST's in Starwars

http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/atst/img/movie_bg.jpg

Just a few modifications and you got yourself a pretty cool war machine

[Iron Chef]

Dude! Good call! I was just thinking to myself where have I seen something like this before... heh.

[miu]

@_@ Now that'd get you through a crowded street...

[Doc]

I knew that the Japanese are mecha freaks, but is just going a little bit too far. I wonder what kind of otaku would have volunteered to be paid and injected with an IV of pure caffine to come up with an idea like that? :mad:

Doc:ramen::happy:

[Wang]

Wow that looks cool. I wonder if there are wheels below the mech's feet, because it can turn quite easily.

[noxlord]

Hum. acording to the video, the legs are moving on wheels... The whole thing also look kind of unstable. There is also this fake gatling-gun...

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

This company is a company which is developing the agricultural machine.
How about employing a robot at a farm? :cool:
A price is 36,000,000yen. :relief:

[King_Ghidorah]

sweeeet!!! i can get in that thing and kick some gundam ***.

[Tim33]

What is that gonna do in a farm ???

[Doc]

What is that gonna do in a farm ???

Scare the hell out of the cows that's what.;-)

Doc:ramen::happy:

[chiefen]

It's not a mech until it can actually walk. That thing moves on wheels. :okashii:

[Tim33]

Scare the hell out of the cows that's what.;-)

Doc:ramen::happy:

To get extra manure for the local peoples gardens

[RockLee]

It's an automatic cowmilker..an extra is that it's also a poopscooper :D !!

[Doc]

It's an automatic cowmilker..an extra is that it's also a poopscooper :D !!

Works for me.:D

Doc:ramen::happy:

[lifutushi]

that might be the ancestor for MS Gundam Seed.... they truly are innovative....

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

that might be the ancestor for MS Gundam Seed.... they truly are innovative....

Please expect and wait. :wave:

A Japanese engineer (OTAKU) surely makes GUNDAM.
:cool:

[cyber ape]

Maybe I'm missing the point?

Good movie prop, not sure if it could be sold with those gattling guns :-/

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

GUNDAM :relief:
http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/msg/index.html

There are those who are making such a thing.
VOTOMS :blush:
http://www.votoms.net/

[pipokun]

I happened to read interesting article about a real robot developed by a local company, sakakibara kikai co. I wondered where I should post this thread, here, anime&manga, or serious discussion.
Anyway, slow as a snail, but really interesting. You can also find 2 movies in the following site:

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

[Apollo]

COOL!!! I wanna drive/ride/(or what it is called) one of these....:D :D

[pipokun]

sorry for my dupulication.
Stealth military jacket, robot border patrol, and land walker. then what's next?

Will NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. keep developing Doraemon?

[pipokun]

Price: 36million yen, or about US$343,000
Go ahead, if you like.

[Dutch Baka]

Looking great!!!! just i prefer this one more

http://irobotnik.com/content/images/citroen_robot.jpg

just it need some guns on it :?

[pipokun]

Looking great!!!! just i prefer this one more
Great :)


There must be newer models.
http://www.din.or.jp/~gold/senkousha/s1-2.gif

[Lacan]

Looking great!!!! just i prefer this one more

http://irobotnik.com/content/images/citroen_robot.jpg

just it need some guns on it :?

http://www.koreus.com/files/200411/pub-citroen-c4-robot.mpg

and it can dance too!

[Eisuke]

The computer animated transformer in the citroen commercial isn't real though. I'm much more impressed with the Land Walker, because that one is real.

[pipokun]

http://ca.c.yimg.jp/news/1121330758/img.news.yahoo.co.jp/images/20050714/zdn_lp/20050714-00000026-zdn_lp-sci-thum-000.jpg
...
ちなみに、受付にいるキティロボを見つけても、興味本 位で持ち上げたりしてはいけない。内蔵の「持ち上げセ ンサー」が反応し、「持ち上げないで下さい！」と連呼されて しまう。――たとえロボットでも、受付嬢に気安く触れ てはいけない。
When you find it, don't touch and hold up her. A build-in holding up censor alerts, and Kitty yell "Don't hold me up" again and again.
Don't touch receptionists even if they're nothing but robots.
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/0507/13/news117.html

[dangdaga]

Dude! Good call! I was just thinking to myself where have I seen something like this before. heh.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2272/60158873350587ke.jpg

[pipokun]

Robot Suit HAL, Hybrid Assistive Limb, was defeated by Mitsubishi's Egg-shaped car, "i", and missed the good design grand prize 2006.

http://www.g-mark.org/english/archive/2006/award-best15.html

The "Good Design Award" is Japan's only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. This system itself has its origins in the "Good Design Selection System" (generally known as the "G-Mark System") instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1957.

http://sanlab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/HAL/indexE.html
Prof. Sankai kindly declined an invitation from certain country with his belief that robots should help people.

[natmoon]

Id like to have a suit that was only slightly bigger than my own body but with hydraulic assisted springs for higher jumping,faster running,easier climbing etc. but mainly for the fun of it,kind of a muscle helper suit:cool:

[pipokun]

エポック社は15日、「ドラえもん ひみつ道具 限定版 くうき砲」を発表した。2007年3月3日より全国の玩具店や量販店などで販売される予定で、価格は3,0 00円。
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2006/12/15/462.html
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/photo/news/2006/12/15/462al.jpg

EPOCH Co.,Ltd announced a new Doraemon's secret tool, air gun, would be launhed from March 3 in Japan. It costs 3000JPY.
The first version on sales now
http://www.epoch.gr.jp/alltop/doraemon/action/kuukihou.html
※射程距離：３ｍ
Firing range: 3 meters
Doraemon, a robo-cat, is quite popular manga esp., in Asia
It took me a while where to post, anime/robot/politics section. I hope loud advocate groups would not blame the company or the government.
It is just a toy after all.

[pipokun]

18 meter Tetsujin 28 Go, Gigar, in KOBE
神戸市は若松公園の整備の中でモニュメント建設を支援 、総工費一億三千五百万円のうち四千五百万円を〇七年 度予算案に計上した。
http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/kobenews/sg/0000247558.shtml
Kobe city provides 4,500 man JYP, 375,000 USD, in the fiscal 2007 budget.

A rendering of Tetsujin
http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/kobenews/sg/Images/00247559.jpg

The official site, Kobe Tetsujin Project
http://www.kobe-tetsujin.com/top.html

Unfortunately it is just a monument.

[pipokun]

小荷物の仕分けは、ロボットにお任せ
2007年07月10日07時44分
安川電機と三井物産は、小荷物の仕分け作業を担うロボ ットを開発し、展示を始めた。
...
こうした軽作業は人手の方が早いためロボットの導入が 遅れていたが、熟練した作業員なみに１時間当たり約千 個を処理できるようにした。
Trus me, a parcel sorting robot
Yasukawa Electric and Mitsui developed a parcel sorting robot.
The efficiency is about 1000 parcels/hour
http://www.asahi.com/science/update/0706/TKY200707060428.html
http://www.asahi.com/science/update/0706/images/TKY200707060365.jpg
Hands might be neccesary, but I am wondering if they really need the head for the job.

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

1/1 scale Gundam


http://ca.c.yimg.jp/news/1184330180/img.news.yahoo.co.jp/images/20070713/jijp/20070713-00000038-jijp-soci-view-000.jpg


ttp://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-09/1/1-scale-gundam-highlights-new-park-attraction

[pipokun]

Yoshimoto Kogyo, a showbiz giant, is holding “Stupd Robot, Baka robo, Contest 2007”.

Three principles:
Baka robo should be mechanical;
Baka robo should be useless; and
Baka robo should make people laugh.

Prize: 500,000 yen
Deadline: October 5

Official site (http://www.bacarobo.com/index.html)

[GodEmperorLeto]

Three principles:
Baka robo should be mechanical;
Baka robo should be useless; and
Baka robo should make people laugh.


If it makes people laugh, then it isn't useless, because it is useful for making people laugh.

...

PARADOX! I DIVIDED BY ZERO! OH SHI--



(Note: I take stuff way to seriously sometimes.)

[pipokun]

Right. The prize should go to a robo ancient Greek sophist or a robo US lawer.
Or they should play a standing comedy, manzai, together.

[pipokun]

Rubik Cube Robo, Cube-kun, by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
http://ipros.blog122.fc2.com/blog-entry-68.html

http://blog-imgs-12.fc2.com/i/p/r/ipros/P1080107.jpg
I hope it is not only me who envys the triumphant smile of Cubu-Kun.

From December 4, you can meet Cubu-Kun at TEPIA Degital Plaza.

The Machine Industry Memorial Foundation
http://www.tepia.jp/english/index.html

Opening hours 10:00-18:00
* For Satrudays and national holidays, 10:00-17:00
Need reservation ? Without reservation visitors can enjoy facilities except for those mentioned on this site.
(For seminars, self-study space, and booths for people with visual difficulties, a reservation is required in advance.)
Contact us TEL: 03-5531-5210
FAX: 03-5531-5215
Admission fee Free

[pipokun]

December 6, 2007
Toyota Unveils Personal-transport, Violin-playing Robots
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) unveiled today two new robots, a "Mobility Robot" and a "Violin-playing Robot"—the newest additions to its Toyota Partner Robots being developed to support people's everyday life.
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/07/1206_2.html

You can find the movie in the NHK news site.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/2007/12/06/d20071206000153.html