Walk the streets in your 4m robot-suit

[Tom]

AS the world gears up for the latest Star Wars movie, fans of the films can have their own Pod walker.

Japan's Sakakibara Machinery Works has unveiled its version of a sit-in walking robot, dubbed Land Walker 2.
The 3.4m, one-tonne robot walks at 1.5km/h. It is operated by four pedals in the cockpit.

A monitor showing the feet area helps the driver watch their step.

Air guns on each side of robot shoot a rubber ball 20-30m. The company sells it for 36 million yen ($43,500).

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15163650-13762,00.html

 

[PhatBimmer]

I saw that before its weird.

 

[Big Daddy]

I'll take one with a 3.2 liter M motor in it. I think it is cool!

 

[andreyiv]

Sure its cool but I wouldn't go anywhere in one because I would get there faster is I was crawling. Come on, 1.5km/h? Thats bs.

 

[Big Daddy]

Sure its cool but I wouldn't go anywhere in one because I would get there faster is I was crawling. Come on, 1.5km/h? Thats bs.

No no you miss the point, it is not how fast you get there it is how cool you look doing it...hehe

 

[andreyiv]

True, I did miss that.

 

[tool fan]

Pretty soon we will need this stuff just to go to an ATM and not have to worry about being jacked.

 

[Big Daddy]

Pretty soon we will need this stuff just to go to an ATM and not have to worry about being jacked.

Haha sad but true!

 

[///M SPEED]

So who do you think will be the first to retrofit a .50 cal. machine gun where the rubber ball cannon is placed. Now that would be fun, but scary, but fun too.

Make one with running mode and the military will be right there....hehe..

 

[Militant-Grunt]

buy it for 43k, invest 1/2 a mil in armor and weaponary and your set for armagedon..

 

[tool fan]

buy it for 43k, invest 1/2 a mil in armor and weaponary and your set for armagedon..

Yeah, but you would still need the clean air ventilation system just in case of chem or bio warfare