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Jimmyjimjim · member Member # Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Posts: 459

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

See it move here-
http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/LW.htm

I gotta say, pretty damn cool, especially considering he built it himself. What happens when it has to go up the stairs, tho? Very Happy

Drunken Monkey · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:33 pm

36,000,000.00 JPY == 334,891.90 USD

I guess that ferrari is going to have to wait.

I'd love to see these kind of projects that are targeted towards something practical. Like maybe rough terrain navigation/forklift. Or some wall climber tank like in GITS.

Maybe in our lifetime eh?
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Matthew · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:31 am

have u guys seen this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050607/lf_afp/afplifestylejapantechnologyrobotelderly_050607141415;_ylt=A9FJqY0oA6dCoFwACAAmWccF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--

pretty neato

blck_productions · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:54 am

To Bad it doesn't actually walk. Not that practical to me....
Looked awesome...Kina lame in action

Robosuit is also Cool...saw something simular some months ago.
http://bleex.me.berkeley.edu/bleex.htm.
Very Cool in static view...Less Cool in Motion...Just check the geeky testperson. : )
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