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Topic: Not all Japanese inventions are completely crazy. (Read 2360 times)
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Robot lets rider walk and fire just like GundamMAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. (Kyodo) An environment machinery maker has developed a robot that can be ridden and maneuvered like one in the animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam."  Masaaki Nagumo rides his 3.4-meter-tall Land Walker robot in Shinto, Gunma Prefecture. The single-seat Land Walker robot, standing 3.4 meters high and weighing 1 ton, can walk forward, backward or sideways at 1.5 kph by operating four pedals, and shoots sponge bullets from two air guns installed beside the cockpit, according to Masaaki Nagumo of Sakakibara Kikai Co., based in Shinto, Gunma Prefecture. Nagumo, 32, developed the product over two years almost all by himself as he wanted to develop a robot that could be driven and operated to move like Gundam. He said he thought such state-of-the-art robots as Honda Motor Co.'s ASIMO to be "excellent in technology but they are like Atom (Astro Boy)," referring to the cartoon robot by the late Osamu Tezuka. "I wanted to see a robot on which people ride and operate, like Gundam." The Land Walker, which is made to order, costs 36 million yen. The price will be lowered if enough people place orders, he said. The company's Web site has received more than 1 million hits since it announced the robot in March. |
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HaemishM
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FRICKIN' AWESOME!
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WayAbvPar
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That would make my commute much more amusing. Does it come with an iPod-ready stereo?
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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HaemishM
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Unfortunately, at 1.5 kph, my commute would take the entire fucking day in that thing.
But it would be fun stepping over motherfuckers at stoplights.
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MaceVanHoffen
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Now if they'd offer your choice of mountable weaponry, I'm so there. THAT would make my commute better: culling the herd of idiots drving on San Fran's local freeways.
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Furiously
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Now if they'd offer your choice of mountable weaponry, I'm so there. THAT would make my commute better: culling the herd of idiots drving on San Fran's local freeways. At 1.5 KPH... lemme do the math... 1.5 kilometer/hour = 1.3670166 foot/second 1.5 kilometer/hour = 0.9320568 mile/hour (mph) |
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SurfD
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isnt the average human walking speed something kile 3, 3.5 kph?
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Samwise
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Human walking speed is around 3 mph (5 kph).
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SurfD
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lol, yeah, I meant to say MPH, but I still think mainly in KPH (Go go Metric system!)
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Mesozoic
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So, wait. This is an example of a non-crazy Japanese invention?
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|3o3dha
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So, wait. This is an example of a non-crazy Japanese invention?
an example of a not completely crazy Japanese invention. The devil's in details. |
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