VOTOMS statue creator only began taking orders for mobile
Kuratas 1 month ago
View promotion videos: HERE
Kōgorō Kurata, the creator of the hydraulic 4-meter, 4-ton
rideable robot Kuratas, told Shueisha's Weekly Playboy News website that he
received over 3,000 orders for the robot since he began taking orders about a
month ago. This is despite the price tag of 108,025,812 yen or US$1.3535
million.
Kuratas added that he has been overwhelmed by media
inquiries from the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, China, and
other countries.
Kōgorō Kurata is an iron craftsman who is best known for
building a life-size VOTOMS statue. Despite the robot's appearance and
presentation, it is still considered an "art piece" according to the
official promotional videos.
The robot uses Wataru Yoshizaki's robotic control software
V-Sido (a homonym for "bushido") to move around. With Yoshizaki's
help, Kurata has been developing the robot since January of 2010.
Suidobashi Heavy Industry KURATAS
'Another step closer to building an actual Gundam in the future'
A Japanese electronics company has unveiled a 13ft super-robot which can be controlled by an iPhone.
But be careful with the jokes if you are on the phone to the pilot as the robot, made by Suidobashi Heavy Industry in Tokyo, brings a whole new meaning to ‘trigger-happy’.
'Kuratas' is fitted with a futuristic weapons system, including a gatling gun capable of shooting 6,000 BB bullets a minute, which fires when the pilot smiles.
Kuratas, made by Suidobashi Heavy Industry, can be controlled either through the one-man cockpit or from the outside using any smartphone connected to the 3G network.
The robot, which is set will go on sale for £900,000 ($1.4 Million USD), has around 30 hydraulic joints which the pilot moves using motion control.
As it is made to order the style conscious buyer will not have to worry about sticking to the grey exterior - it comes in 16 colours, including black and pink, and for an extra £60 they will sort you out with a cup holder.
Engineers Wataru Yoshizaki and Kogoro Kurata
were saluted in front of Kuratas together with their pilot Anna when they
showcased the robot at the Wonder Festival in Chiba, suburban Tokyo earlier
today.
The team have been working on the robot since
2010.
Info via dailymail.co.uk, AFP BB News, News via AnimeNewsNetwork
the future of real life gundam is near...
ReplyDeleteOne step closer to G gundam! Haha
ReplyDeleteYou must be GAY
DeleteLooks a bit like the Robots from Full Metal Panic. They just have to keep upgrading and they will find a way to build real Gundams. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks more like VOTOMS to me, are you BLIND?
Deletenow this is what i freaking need on the highway...added with glaring a autobot/decepticon logo!
ReplyDeleteYeah, and I will run you down with a TRUCK
DeleteYou do realize it would shoot you down before you came even close to it..?(That is if the guns are fully functional) Also, even if you did manage to collide with it, you would be dead way before then. 100 rounds a second isn't something to fuck with bro. Especially with your 1,000$(MAYBE)rusty truck.
DeleteYeah. You and your crazy thing (with real military ammo) must be legal in public roads. And then, you can shoot as deserve... anything... yeah... why only destroy a truck?
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ReplyDeletetalibans cannon fodder...
Deletedat girl :D
ReplyDeleteDream on you pervert. She won't likes a creep like you anyway
DeleteTo be honest, I rather spend those moneys on a super car like a McLaren MP12 or a Lamborghini Aventador than buying this over-priced toy. Also, the future of humanoid weapons lie in whether can these humanoid weapons perform super humans feats and do the impossibles.
ReplyDeleteArmored machines and over-priced toys are two COMPLETELY different things retard. Since when does a toy have the ability to shoot something 100 times per second just from a smile? This compared to ANY car would make your car, look like something from fucking hot wheels.
DeleteGive me a battle between the T-90 MBT v/s your Kuratas humanoid armored machine...
DeleteKuratas sucks. Cannon fodder. Useless in real combat. Geek toy.
this is only a prototype. U guys should think bigger when the U.S army bought them and make them mass production. carrying the Avenger, javelin or hell-fire missiles.
Deletenever underestimate people imagination.
Anyone know where I can get the Kuratas model kit?
ReplyDeleteI can't afford 1.7 million so I figure I just buy the model kit.
i wonder if its ps3 remote conpadable lol.
ReplyDeleteOf course mechs are useless in real combat, but now you can fight someone else's mech with paintball guns.
ReplyDeleteI hope that all this is only in the imagination ...
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know who are the millionaires shelling out for this.
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