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Damn you George Lucas, you sold out to the japanese. :D

Like none of us saw this coming... Reminds me of the video of the BMW engineer that built a minicooper that transformed into a giant robot. Never remembered hearing if it was a fake or not...

The Mini-Robot was definitely fake - it was part of an advertising campaign

The Mini-Robot was definitely fake - it was part of an advertising campaign

Now whenever I cut a mini off in traffic I wont have to worry about it going transformers on me! :D

First the AT-ST, next the Gundam!

Honda, I think, has already made some smaller walking transportation machines which look a little like the taller assault suits from Starship Troopers Chronicles.

what.... this dosent look like a very resepectable site dose it.


We can just get chewbacca to hijack them.

If they have AT-STs, shouldn't it also follow that they have Darth Vader?

The Japanese vs The Republic...

nice...

I think it looks more like something from the Mechwarrior series...

BTW, Im thinking those photos are fakes, if you look at it the light doesnt quite seem to match up ;)

I think it looks more like something from the Mechwarrior series...

BTW, Im thinking those photos are fakes, if you look at it the light doesnt quite seem to match up ;)
Agreed. The shine is kind of off.

Here, check out the iFoot: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php

Actually real. And OK, it was not by Honda but Toyota.

Here, check out the iFoot: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php

Actually real. And OK, it was not by Honda but Toyota.
That is just wierd...aside from being totaly impracticle, since it would crush most staircases instead of helping disabled people get up them :P

You know, a Muscle Car is also damn impracticable, since it's guzzling 20+ litres of gasoline per 100 km, still I want one. ;)

There are times in life when you shouldn't be reasonable.

Here, check out the iFoot: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php

Actually real. And OK, it was not by Honda but Toyota.
Haha, the article title said 'Toyoto i-foot and i-unit'

You know, a Muscle Car is also damn impracticable, since it's guzzling 20+ litres of gasoline per 100 km, still I want one. ;)

There are times in life when you shouldn't be reasonable.
Yes, but at least muscle cars look cool.
Those things look like a half-hatched chicken.

actually, the mech is very real, there's a demonstration video and everything. If you understand japanese, you can tell it tells you the basic stats of the vehicle in the page. The mech moves pretty damn slow, I'd say 3 mph at top speeds, and it's scary how much it wobbles from side to side when it walks on flat surfaces. The mech is a toy, it's meant for playing a game. It shoots the fluffy rubber ball pictured from its chaingun. It's a pretty sweet mech, but it's really just meant for some form of game they have in mind :P

Cool :D *Is obsessed with this kind of tech* I wonder fi this means they'll be invented some really cool technology sometime soon...like, as someone mentioned before, Gundams. OK...I'm leaving before someone starts thinking I'm weird...

Reminds me of "Oh you Silly Japanese," and that product that you use to glue your eyelashes up so that you look more European...

Remember this country is the home of such wonderful products as Tamagochi and the Ghost Detector (http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/features/index.html).

(And 1.5 kph is about .9 mph, Shimikami. ;))

oh, so you DIVIDE by two-ish... not multiply... damn you americans and your funky measuring systems >.>

Looks like the bad guy robot from Robocop 2.

well, I'd like to point out that it doesn't look like an at-st (all terrian scout transport) or 'chicken walker'.

it is more reflective of the AT-PT (all terrian personal transport) mentioned in some of the later books, that were used by the old republic.

at-pt
http://galactic-voyage.com/images/SW%20Ships/at-pt.jpg

compared to

at-st
http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/atst/img/movie_bg.jpg

1 mile is about 1.6 kilometres.

I find this slow walking mecha-thingy amusing. Go Japan! Yeah for silly inventions! :)

Tiberium Sun type-walking machine. Wow, looks like we are going to have walking tanks.

LOL looks like an Imperial Guard walker from the Warhammer series....

Looks like it's armed with a 30mm chaingun. That'll rip through a tank or two. That .50 caliber cannon seems promising too.

Finally, we have mechs! Looks like it's armed with a 30mm chaingun. That'll rip through a tank or two.

Still far away from the Monster mechs in MechWarrior.
Time to get me a Marauder! :)

Here, check out the iFoot: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php

For some reason I think the walking one looks like the sort of chair Ming the Merciless would use (or any other megalomaniac bent on World domination).

If they add arms and paint it yellow, then they have the things from Aliens.

I'm just waiting to see the US National Guard start going on to college campuses with these things during protests.

Still far away from the Monster mechs in MechWarrior.
Time to get me a Marauder! :)
Didn't it look like one of the old school light mechs? I can't remeber the name, but it looked damn familiar. (been a while since I played Battletech, and I only played table top)

anyone whos played Starseige?

thing looks like an Emancipator!

http://www.planettribes.com/starsiege/images/rebel.gif

i mean, yeah, 's differences, but still...

course, ev1 knows they allready have battle ready models their hiding in the Japanese version of Area 51, and are currently devoloping PPC's, pusle lasers and Particle Beam Weapons...


XD

well, I'd like to point out that it doesn't look like an at-st (all terrian scout transport) or 'chicken walker'.

it is more reflective of the AT-PT (all terrian personal transport) mentioned in some of the later books, that were used by the old republic.

at-pt
http://galactic-voyage.com/images/SW%20Ships/at-pt.jpg

compared to

at-st
http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/atst/img/movie_bg.jpgReminds me of an AT-RT (http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050408_picview/img/8.jpg).

I'm just waiting to see the US National Guard start going on to college campuses with these things during protests.

Meh. The students could probably out-crawl/stagger it at its top speed. Or just tip it over :D

oh, so you DIVIDE by two-ish... not multiply... damn you americans and your funky measuring systems >.>

I think its more a case of damn the brits but... :D

well, I'd like to point out that it doesn't look like an at-st (all terrian scout transport) or 'chicken walker'.

it is more reflective of the AT-PT (all terrian personal transport) mentioned in some of the later books, that were used by the old republic.

at-pt
http://galactic-voyage.com/images/SW%20Ships/at-pt.jpg

compared to

at-st
http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/atst/img/movie_bg.jpg

Geek.

Anyhoo, this is wonderful news! Now that the japanese have begun to build robots, we are that much closer to getting cyborgs and stuff...


Weeeeeheheheheheheheeeeeeeee!!!!

I think it looks more like something from the Mechwarrior series...

BTW, Im thinking those photos are fakes, if you look at it the light doesnt quite seem to match up ;)

Then watch the video, then tell me it's fake.

Goodness me, the things the Japanese make nowadays. I wonder if we will ever see a working military version in several years/decades. I do know that Japan is one of the leaders in robotics.

Geek.

Anyhoo, this is wonderful news! Now that the japanese have begun to build robots, we are that much closer to getting cyborgs and stuff...


Weeeeeheheheheheheheeeeeeeee!!!!

well it takes one to know one :p

What's with the pink balls?

well it takes one to know one :p

Nuh-uh!

At least I focus on stuff that is possible, not some fake fantasy universe.

What's with the pink balls?


that's what its built to shoot.

like for a game of paintball, but nerf or something

that's what its built to shoot.

like for a game of paintball, but nerf or something

Oh... Those pink balls kind of spoil the atmosphere. "Fear my huge minigun-toting killer robot that shoots pink balls".

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Damn you George Lucas, you sold out to the japanese. :D


We're all gonna die!!!

THIS IS COMPLETELY NUTS, we need to nuke japan now before they can attack and... and... ummm.... do stuff :confused:

Note that the machine is not walking... it's rolling.

Independent motion on the legs, but it's skating more than anything else.

Ah well, just another party looking to build giant robots...

And if you're wondering who I worry about...
These guys (http://www.mechaps.com/) work about fifteen minutes north of where I live.