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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsA 60-Foot Robot Just Took Its First Steps
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/a-60foot-robot-just-took-its-first-steps/No, youre not watching Pacific Rim or an insane anime this is an actual 18-meter (60-foot) robot taking its first steps (at least, sort of). Designed after the popular Gundam robot from multiple TV series and manga, this is by far the largest robot ever created and it looks just as awesome as we imagined. The massive robot, currently in construction in Gundam Factory Yokohama, Japan, is seen lifting and lowering its legs in preparation for its debut in October 2020, although that may be postponed due to the ongoing pandemic.
People in cranes are seen whizzing about the robot, tweaking moving parts as they carry out mechanical testing. This appears to be a preliminary test, with no weight put on the legs. But whilst it may not be ready to fight supervillains just yet, it looks well on its way to full independent walking.
Gundam Factory Yokohoma has been working on the robot since January with the aim of providing the spectacle of a 60-foot, 25-ton walking robot. Popular Mechanics reports the robot will feature articulated fingers, 24 degrees of freedom, and the ability to support its huge weight, adding to Japans impressive robotics records.
The robot resides just outside of Tokyo in the Port of Yokohama, where it will stay for a year. It is already a technical marvel, and we're incredibly excited to see it in full operation.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,159 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,159 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)NBA is showing interest.
Beakybird
(3,332 posts)When the kids terrorize the servants with their remote controlled 60-foot robot, their parents will giggle and say, "Open up your other Christmas gifts."
Bayard
(22,061 posts)Washing windows? Putting stars on xmas trees?
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)Bayard
(22,061 posts)hunter
(38,310 posts)I'd pay to watch that.
awesomerwb1
(4,267 posts)demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)hunter
(38,310 posts)Most of us suffer jobs that are not making the world a better place, all for money.
As Theodore Sturgeon said, ninety percent of everything is crap.
Art and exploration are wonderful things to spend money on.
Ghastly things like gold mines or automobiles or Republican politicians are not.
demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)Does not do anything to make anyones life better except the one who owns it - hes well off anyway. Automobiles have, definitely, made everyones life better unless youre a hermit in some cave in a mountain. I can go on infinitum, but I do know where youre coming from.
hunter
(38,310 posts)If every adult has an automobile, even electric automobiles, what little is left of the natural environment we humans evolved in will be destroyed.
Automobiles have a huge environmental footprint. I think we ought to be paying people to experiment with lifestyles having a very small environmental footprint.
We would judge the success of these experiments by measures of happiness, not money.
Economic "productivity" as we now define it is a direct measure of the damage we are doing to our planet's biosphere and our own human spirit.
Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)Kentucky Fried Movie and this was a major reason why.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)TomSlick
(11,097 posts)Celerity
(43,315 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,159 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)I watched that even though I was too old, ha
Gore1FL
(21,127 posts)I think it was titled "Draculon."
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)the first time someone with access to the controls of a very large robot gets dumped by his girlfriend and then decides to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting city. After that, I suspect that the construction of very large robots will be very restricted.
0nirevets
(391 posts)We have Star Trek casinos and spaceship roller-coaster rides. Whatever floats your boat.
Chakaconcarne
(2,444 posts)It's an attraction and people go bananas over this kind of stuff.
https://tokyocheapo.com/entertainment/tokyo-godzilla-statues/