Monday, July 25, 2005

Suddenly, walking to work doesn’t seem so bad.


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).

3 Comments:

Blogger Bourgeois Dave said...

Land Walker 2??? AT-ST baby! Yeah! and at $43k a pop, I can see why the empire had so many of them.

12:15 PM  
Blogger Shawna said...

That's all it costs? I am so saving my money for one!

9:51 AM  
Blogger Ross said...

I'm confused, how come nobody has formed the torso and the head?

11:30 AM  

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