Two Big Robots

Posted 2 May 2005 at 19:59 UTC by steve

Lots of robot stories have been stacking up including a couple about really big robots. First, there's a giant robot sculpture called the WEEE Man made of 3.3 tons of surplus computers and electronic equipment. Then Sakakibara Kikai of Japan announced the Land Walker, a giant, two-legged walking robot said to be modelled after the Gundam. If you need your own giant robot, you can buy the Land Walker for just 36 million yen (about $343,000).

Land Walker doesn't walk, posted 3 May 2005 at 12:46 UTC by onnimikki » (Master)

Watch the feet. They never leave the ground, even when it turns. I'll bet that it's skid- steering using tracks or wheels under its feet.

Regardless, it's pretty neat.

Also available:, posted 4 May 2005 at 02:01 UTC by Cannon Fury » (Journeyer)

I've also seen out on the net, this guy up in Alaska trying to build one with donation money, I see some flaws in his design from what he tells us, and it seems like its gonna go to waste. Anyway I'm rambling now. Here's the site: www.neogentronyx.com

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