discussion Japan startup develops 'Gundam'-like robot with $3 million price tag

[LaughingCrow]

Oddly described as a robot... This could also go under mech type 'gaming' - since it's not a robot but a manned exoskeleton.

Wondering which billionaire will jump into this idea or which military will start arming it.

Japan startup develops 'Gundam'-like robot with $3 mln price tag

Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million.

www.reuters.com

 

[ipaine]

While not exactly the first of this idea I have seen, I do think this is the best or at least most usable one.

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[Bond007]

Very cool...but where did a startup company with a 25 year old chief executive get the money required to build this!?

 

[FreeKnight]

Very cool...but where did a startup company with a 25 year old chief executive get the money required to build this!?

Parents with connections, money or both.

The older I've gotten the more I've realized that so many VPs or CEOs got their start from a connected relative. Knew one guy that was handed a CEO position the day he graduated and has leveraged that into another CEO position.

 

[Marzipan]

the big take away of disappointment is...'wheeled'.

 

[Lysrin]

the big take away of disappointment is...'wheeled'.

Absolutely agree lol And he hopes to use them in disaster relief or space... well I guess you have to start somewhere but there's a long way to go for these things!

 

[Marzipan]

Absolutely agree lol And he hopes to use them in disaster relief or space... well I guess you have to start somewhere but there's a long way to go for these things!

he needs to work on a resilient and active suspension to reach those hard to get places