Giant Mech Robots From Japan

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Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @02:57AM from the i-for-one-welcome-our-new-robot-overlords dept.

New submitter Hanike writes "According to The Verge, Japanese hi-tech company Suidobashi Heavy Industry is developing a 13-foot, diesel-powered, real Mecha robot called Kuratas! 'The two-man team — artist Kogoro Kurata and robotics researcher Wataru Yoshizaki — isn't stopping there, either. Suidobashi wants to mass produce, starting at the low price of $1.35 million. So, what do you get for the money? Kuratas has over 30 hydraulic joints that allow it to freely move its arms, legs, and torso. It can fire water bottle rockets and fireworks, and its 6,000 round-per-minute BB Gatling guns are controlled with the pilot's smile; part of Yoshizaki's V-Shido (read like bushido, as in "way of the samurai") control system. In order to get around, the four-legged mech uses ordinary wheels, but the Suidobashi team wants to get it walking in order to navigate uneven terrain.'"

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Smiling? by Sigvatr · 2012-07-31 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny

How are you supposed to stop smiling when you are mowing down your enemies?
1. Re:Smiling? by Jeng · 2012-07-31 03:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Don't worry, you'll frown once you run out of ammo.
  
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2. Re:Smiling? by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · 2012-07-31 03:50 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  When you're smiling
  When you're smiling
  Your enemies get mowed down
  When you're laughing
  Oh, when you're laughing
  Bullets riddle the entire town
Truckasaurus? by CosaNostra+Pizza+Inc · 2012-07-31 03:10 · Score: 4, Funny

to be mass-produced for monster truck rallies here in the states. XP
Interesting note... by ZiakII · 2012-07-31 03:15 · Score: 4, Funny

The robot can only be controlled by a small person such as a 12 year old girl with orange hair.
1. Re:Interesting note... by Michael+Woodhams · 2012-07-31 12:15 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Teenage pilots are required because, as has been well established, mecha are powered by angst. Any organization which operates mecha also has a secret division of agents who mess with the pilot's lives to ensure they remain sufficiently angsty.
  
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this gets my vote by spidercoz · 2012-07-31 03:27 · Score: 4, Insightful

Best Thing This Week

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Re:Interesting note about the robot by Razgorov+Prikazka · 2012-07-31 04:18 · Score: 5, Funny

BSoD ==> used to mean: Blue Screen of Death
BSoD ==> now means: Bloody Shoot out Drone

But of course it will only go "bzzrrk" when there is a virus in the MS OS. The rest of the time it will be more like this:
Operator: Kill pedestrian *points at a little grandmom with a walking-aid*
MS OS: This operation might harm you or other people, are you sure? [yes] [no]
Operator: *clicks yes*
MS OS: are you really sure? [yes] [no]
Operator: *clicks yes and grunts*
MS OS: To complete this operation you need administrator privileges, do you want to continue? [yes] [no]
Operator: *clicks yes and grunts and moans*
MS OS: Enter administrator password here [ ]
Operator:*type type type type type type*
MS OS: loading bullets, 1 second remaining
MS OS: loading bullets, 30 seconds remaining
MS OS: loading bullets, 2 hours remaining
MS OS: loading bullets, 7 minutes remaining
MS OS: loading bullets, 1 second remaining
Little grandmom: *already safe at home making tea*

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