Japanese Land Walker Robot

[KenWittlief]

$300,000!!! WoW Im UnderWhelmed!

whats the point of having the legs thrash back and forth like that when it doesnt actually lift its feet? It could simply skid steer or use a crab drive.

I sounds like the garbage truck emptying a dumpser

For $300k it should be able to fly

[Tytus Gerrish]

I agree it would be worth it if it were 300000 Yen

witch is about $833.33

[Andrew Blair]

300,000.00 JPY
Japan Yen = 2,618.36 USD
United States Dollars
Yeah, that's about right!

But it looks like it's going to fall over or thrash itself to pieces every time it takes a step!

[Josh Goodman]

kinda reminds me of star wars. just because.

That was my first thought. This seems like just a bit too much money for what it's worth. Now maybe if they built an ATST....

[KenWittlief]

the saddest part of all: Land Walker?!

I guess ParkingLotWalker doesnt have the same techno ring to it?

( I dont think that could make it across my lawn )

I wanna see it go toe to toe with the robot they use to take to Monster truck shows

what was that thing called, the one that picks up cars and crushes them, then blowtorches the remains

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

the saddest part of all: Land Walker?!

I guess ParkingLotWalker doesnt have the same techno ring to it?

( I dont think that could make it across my lawn )

I wanna see it go toe to toe with the robot they use to take to Monster truck shows

what was that thing called, the one that picks up cars and crushes them, then blowtorches the remains

There was a special on the Travel Channel about them a few days ago (it was two in the morning, I was bored). There's several of them.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I dunno about anyone else, but I thought it was cool. It's like the Japanese are on their way to making a Gundam mech. suit or something Very cool, just speed it up a bit.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Those Japanese people and their silly cartoons and tiny inventions. Granted, the motors we use to build our robots at K-T are from Japan.

Japan's most exported goods are motors. Okay, probably not true but it could be Sushi.

Mmm for raw fish.

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

... It's like the Japanese are on their way to making a Gundam mech. suit or something ....

they are on their way to making an army of robots that shuffle their feet across parking lots, and shoot tennis balls at you!

I think we are way ahead of them - isnt Robosaurus about 20 years old now?

Play the video from this site:

RoboSaurus

[Andrew Blair]

Something to note about Robosaurus...

Isn't Land Walker about the same size as a sedan?

Perfect prey...

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

Something to note about Robosaurus...

Isn't Land Walker about the same size as a sedan?

Perfect prey...

Oh man... I see a challenge. I think the Japanese people would win though. I'm sure they could create some kind of tiny robot that clings on and then rapidly rusts the steel used in Robosaurus.

(Robosaurus is the robot that eats the cars right?)