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Celerity

(42,645 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:41 AM Aug 2020

A 60-Foot Robot Just Took Its First Steps

https://www.iflscience.com/technology/a-60foot-robot-just-took-its-first-steps/



No, you’re not watching Pacific Rim or an insane anime – this is an actual 18-meter (60-foot) robot taking its first steps (at least, sort of). Designed after the popular Gundam robot from multiple TV series and manga, this is by far the largest robot ever created – and it looks just as awesome as we imagined. The massive robot, currently in construction in Gundam Factory Yokohama, Japan, is seen lifting and lowering its legs in preparation for its debut in October 2020, although that may be postponed due to the ongoing pandemic.



People in cranes are seen whizzing about the robot, tweaking moving parts as they carry out mechanical testing. This appears to be a preliminary test, with no weight put on the legs. But whilst it may not be ready to fight supervillains just yet, it looks well on its way to full independent walking.

Gundam Factory Yokohoma has been working on the robot since January with the aim of providing the spectacle of a 60-foot, 25-ton walking robot. Popular Mechanics reports the robot will feature articulated fingers, 24 degrees of freedom, and the ability to support its huge weight, adding to Japan’s impressive robotics records.

The robot resides just outside of Tokyo in the Port of Yokohama, where it will stay for a year. It is already a technical marvel, and we're incredibly excited to see it in full operation.
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A 60-Foot Robot Just Took Its First Steps (Original Post) Celerity Aug 2020 OP
What could go wrong? soothsayer Aug 2020 #1
In my head I'm hearing the Gigantor theme soothsayer Aug 2020 #2
u ever watch this as a kid ? memories . AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #15
Watched all the time soothsayer Aug 2020 #16
theme is ,was ear worm musac for a long time as also was amaizing 3 AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #19
Too bad no Thanksgiving Parade this year. Sneederbunk Aug 2020 #3
The billionaires will be giving these to their kids for Christmas. Beakybird Aug 2020 #4
I can't think of any practical purpose for this Bayard Aug 2020 #5
What if Godzilla returns? central scrutinizer Aug 2020 #6
Good point Bayard Aug 2020 #20
Removing Trump from the White House. hunter Aug 2020 #10
Transformers! awesomerwb1 Aug 2020 #7
What a waste of money demosincebirth Aug 2020 #8
Almost everything is a waste of money. hunter Aug 2020 #23
I agree with you on most, but an expensive painting on a wall in a museum demosincebirth Aug 2020 #24
There are too many people living on the planet for a sustainable automobile culture. hunter Aug 2020 #25
Imagine THIS robot 60 feet tall Doc_Technical Aug 2020 #9
Loved BigOleDummy Aug 2020 #28
"bread and circuses". I supposed he could programed to stomp out wild fires. marble falls Aug 2020 #11
What is its intended purpose? TomSlick Aug 2020 #12
technological functional art Celerity Aug 2020 #13
giant robot ,come. ruh. clank, clank, clank. AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #14
Yep, that too soothsayer Aug 2020 #17
The vampire episode used to freak me out as a kid. Gore1FL Aug 2020 #27
This will all be fine until... Sloumeau Aug 2020 #18
Impressive non-useless creation. 0nirevets Aug 2020 #21
Not much different than the giant Godzilla they have in Shinjuku Chakaconcarne Aug 2020 #22
Klaatu.. Borata. Nikto. colorado_ufo Aug 2020 #26

Beakybird

(3,329 posts)
4. The billionaires will be giving these to their kids for Christmas.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 11:01 AM
Aug 2020

When the kids terrorize the servants with their remote controlled 60-foot robot, their parents will giggle and say, "Open up your other Christmas gifts."

hunter

(38,264 posts)
23. Almost everything is a waste of money.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:03 AM
Aug 2020

Most of us suffer jobs that are not making the world a better place, all for money.

As Theodore Sturgeon said, ninety percent of everything is crap.

Art and exploration are wonderful things to spend money on.

Ghastly things like gold mines or automobiles or Republican politicians are not.

demosincebirth

(12,518 posts)
24. I agree with you on most, but an expensive painting on a wall in a museum
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 12:39 PM
Aug 2020

Does not do anything to make anyone’s life better except the one who owns it - he’s well off anyway. Automobiles have, definitely, made everyone’s life better unless you’re a hermit in some cave in a mountain. I can go on infinitum, but I do know where you’re coming from.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
25. There are too many people living on the planet for a sustainable automobile culture.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:10 PM
Aug 2020

If every adult has an automobile, even electric automobiles, what little is left of the natural environment we humans evolved in will be destroyed.

Automobiles have a huge environmental footprint. I think we ought to be paying people to experiment with lifestyles having a very small environmental footprint.

We would judge the success of these experiments by measures of happiness, not money.

Economic "productivity" as we now define it is a direct measure of the damage we are doing to our planet's biosphere and our own human spirit.

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
18. This will all be fine until...
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 11:11 PM
Aug 2020

the first time someone with access to the controls of a very large robot gets dumped by his girlfriend and then decides to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting city. After that, I suspect that the construction of very large robots will be very restricted.

0nirevets

(390 posts)
21. Impressive non-useless creation.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:35 AM
Aug 2020

We have Star Trek casinos and spaceship roller-coaster rides. Whatever floats your boat.

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