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Giant remote-controlled robot is built in Japan
BBC News ^
| 11/29/12
| BBC
Posted on 11/30/2012 10:47:53 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Kogoro Kurata grew up watching futuristic robots in movies and animation, wishing he could bring them to life.
Now, his childhood dream has become a reality as he's built a massive robot that he can control.
His 4-tonne, 4-metre tall Kuratas robot has a built-in pilot's seat and hand-held controller.
It lets him move the robot's massive arms, and make it walk at speeds of up to six miles per hour.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: giant; japan; remotecontrolled; robot
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Me hungry!
about $800K .. comes with mobile phone software control capibility..
sooo soory, not a stocking stuffer and forget putting it under the tree..
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:49:37 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge
Getting ready for Godzilla.
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:49:50 AM PST
by
Hugin
("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
To: NormsRevenge
HS, the Terminator is upon us already! I was thinking maybe 2050, but now?
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:50:37 AM PST
by
sirchtruth
(Freedom is not free.)
Melly Chlistmas!
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:50:54 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge
“...forget putting it under the tree...”
It could BE the tree with a few light strings and ornaments.
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:51:44 AM PST
by
moovova
To: moovova
What a hood ornament! strings of lights.. Oh Yeah!
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:54:05 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi)
To: Hugin
US version...
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:54:25 AM PST
by
C210N
(In favor of private rights and public happiness)
To: NormsRevenge
Coming soon to a battlefield near you!
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:55:44 AM PST
by
The Duke
To: NormsRevenge
Built by the Godzilla Force.
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:56:27 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:56:48 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/30/2012 10:58:22 AM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: MrB
I want a Valkyrie or a hover tank variant.
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:03:11 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: NormsRevenge
Looks like RoboCop II..............
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:08:48 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:09:08 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: NormsRevenge; maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; ...
Prototype armor for Japan's new Section 9?
日本 ピング (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:14:58 AM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: knarf
Put Bugs Bunny’s brain in it.
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:15:24 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:23:43 AM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: DTogo; All
Prototype armor for Japan's new Section 9?
...thanks, for the ping....
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:24:10 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Anger a Conservative by telling a lie; Anger a Liberal by telling the truth....RWR 8-)
To: KC_Lion
I like It...
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posted on
11/30/2012 11:26:42 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Anger a Conservative by telling a lie; Anger a Liberal by telling the truth....RWR 8-)
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