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13-foot, 4.5 ton remote controlled gun-toting robot. What could possibly go wrong?

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  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Those crazy Japanese....

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    Japanese launch 4.5-tonne gun-toting robot controlled by smartphone
    Kuratas is 4 metres high and capable of firing 100 rounds a second – or even working as a cleaner or firefighter

    Kuratas is launched at the Wonder festival in Tokyo Link to this video
    It is 4 metres (13ft) high, weighs 4.5 tonnes and fires 6,000 ball-bearing pellets a minute, yet this ¥100m (£816,000) monster could be Robomop as well as RoboCop.

    The massive robot, called Kuratas, is controlled either by a human pilot in a mid-torso cockpit or by a smartphone connected to a 3G network, and was unveiled at the Wonder festival in Tokyo on Monday.

    The diesel-powered machine could, it was claimed, be used as a trundling "ecofriendly" weapons system (top speed 6.2mph) – or customised for more peaceful functions such as firefighting or cleaning, according to designers at Suidobashi Heavy Industry.

    Just take care while dusting ...

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    #1 Xerobull, Aug 7, 2012
  2. ashiin

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    It has begun...

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  3. seclusion

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    Great idea. Just what we need to have patrolling our streets to keep us idiots safe from ourselves. Can't wait. :rolleyes:
     
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  4. GRENDEL

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    Think I've seen this movie before......

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  5. DonkeyMagic

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    ^ damn you

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    3G? So it can be shut down by a bunch of tweeting?
     
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  10. Nero

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    So I wonder how much shipping costs on a 4.5 ton item from Japan to Houston?

    Wait, I have free 2-day shipping on Amazon.. hmmmm..

    :grin:
     
    #10 Nero, Aug 7, 2012
  11. Carl Herrera

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    What could go wrong? If they move this thing to the US, my bet would be "the AT&T 3G network."
     
    #11 Carl Herrera, Aug 7, 2012
  12. Yung-T

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    And so it begins...*dramatic music*
     
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  14. Rocketman95

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    This show has gotten so much better this season.
     
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    The Android version will be unvieled on Sept 12.

    It will however have WIFI and 4G LTE technology. And a larger screen.
     
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    With that mid section cockpit for a man to control it, it reminded me of District 9 Alien's weapon.

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