13-foot tall kuratas pilotable heavy industry robot

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13-foot tall kuratas pilotable heavy industry robot
13-foot tall kuratas pilotable heavy industry robot
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13-foot tall 'kuratas' pilotable heavy industry robot

 

 

developed by japanese artist kogoro kurata and engineer wataru yoshizaki, the 13-foot heavy indstry robot is currently being exhibited
at national museum of engineering science and innovation in tokyo, where after two years in the making, is also for sale. valued at
over one million dollars, the four-ton machine has a humanlike face and body, two arms and four legs, where a person can sit in the
cockpit and control the robot's arms and legs with bars and touch panels. equipped with four wheels, the robot is capable of travelling
at a maximum speed of 10 km/h.

 

 

kurutas scale context

 

 

overview

 

 

3/4 side view

 

 

machinery view

 

 

front cockpit view

 

 

scale

 

 

inner components

 

 

artillery detail

 

 

 

 

heavy duty wheels

 

 

manufacturing process

 

 

 

 

welding

 

 

 

 

moving hands 

 

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  • so it begins…

    rem says:
  • That’s no heavy industry robot! It has two mini-guns mounted on it!

    n says:
  • I agree! That is NOT a heavy industry robot! That is a TERMINATOR if ever I saw one!

    Bob says:
  • Wow :D DDDD That is NOT a heavy industry robot! That is a TERMINATOR !!!!!!!!!!

    Rosen Kancev says:
  • WOW LOL THAT IS NO HEAVY INDUSTRY BOT! LOOKS LIKE A TERMINATOR TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Rick says:
  • Holy shit…..it looks just like the thing from robocop….

    Trent C says:

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