Author Topic: chairboy somone's got ya beat (Read 333 times)

Gunslinger · « **on:** November 02, 2005, 10:41:53 PM »

http://www.funmansion.com/html/Land-Walker.html

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2005, 12:59:37 AM »

Personally I question the balance and center of gravity.
Seems to me the bulk of the weight would have to be in the feet to keep from tipping over
I'd hate to chance going up any kind of incline on one of those.
Might do fine on perfectly level terrain but traversing anything other the perfectly level ground and leaning to one side might be disaterous. Not to mention painful lol

Debonair · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2005, 05:09:07 AM »

Ugliest voltron I ever saw

nirvana · « **Reply #3 on:** November 03, 2005, 07:24:48 AM »

How big are the guns and how many rounds per minute? Balance is secondary.

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2005, 01:25:38 PM »

How can you call it a walker if it doesn't even walk?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2005, 01:27:30 PM »

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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
How can you call it a walker if it doesn't even walk?

it walks, watch the video.

boxboy28 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 03, 2005, 01:28:35 PM »

you dont see it walk! you see it move (they dont show the legs move) Im betting its got wheels under those feet

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #7 on:** November 03, 2005, 02:26:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
it walks, watch the video.

I did watch the video. It twists around but doesn't walk.

You can tell just by looking at it that the balance is all wrong for it to walk. My bet is it's got wheels under those big feet.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:05:00 PM »

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Straight from Japan, its a starwars-like machine. At over 11 feet high and weighing in at over 2,000 pounds, this four pedal operated robot sports a working airgun on each side and is driven utilizing four pedals in the cockpit. You can pick one up for a bit over $300,000 - shipping costs might hurt a bit though.

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A human driven robot that walks on two legs and has a pair of working airguns.

I'm just going by what the site says and what I saw in the video. I guess it would be more compelling if it actually did walk in the video but I just think why would you make it capable of twisting around on it's legs and call it a walker if it doesnt in fact walk.....who knows.

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #9 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:40:11 PM »

http://robots.engadget.com/entry/1234000043038904/

We’ve no idea who Sakakibara Kikai are, apart from having a vague inkling that they may have the odd screw loose here and there, but they’ve come up with a two-legged, person-carrying robot vehicle that looks like it’d be ready to audition for a live-action Gundam film at the drop of a hat. Admittedly the Land Walker doesn’t so much walk as shimmy its 3.4-metre-tall bulk around the place (looks like there are wheels under those feet), and it tops out at a less-than-threatening 1.5 km/h, but it does have the looks, and even a pair of guns (which fire squishy balls, unfortunately). They also have some video of it, well, sliding around.