At an exhibition in Japan showed a possible prototype of a combat 4-meter robot
On November 28, at an exhibition in Japan, a prototype of a combat 4-meter Robot Kuratas with more than thirty hydraulic joints and a weight of 4,4 tons.This miracle of technology moves on wheels, which end four legs, and "feeds" on diesel. The maximum speed of the robot is ten kilometers per hour.
Inside Kuratas - the driver's seat, which controls the mechanism using the touchscreen and two joysticks, responsible for the movements of the hands of the unit. Used as recognition of facial expressions, which is activated and "weapon". The robot is armed with two flare guns and two rotor machine guns.
The inventors of Kogoro Kurata and Vataru Yoshidzaki created this robot. Having opened the company Suidobashi Heavy Industry, they decided to realize their dream and made their first product - Kuratas.
The robot has already gone on sale at a price of 1,25 million dollars. According to Japanese media, Suidobashi Heavy Industry has already received about 3000 orders from around the world.Robot Kuratas - a soldier of the future, a product of the Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry
The robot, which Suidobashi has been working on since 2010, is controlled by the system, which the developers called Master-Slave. In the cabin there is a smaller model of the robot, the movement of the limbs of which makes the corresponding limbs of the real machine move.
An alternative management tool is a mobile smartphone app.
The robot moves on a four-wheeled platform, which is equipped with a conventional diesel internal combustion engine.
The robot control system includes an automatic target locking function, which means that Kuratas can hold a target at sight even if it moves.
Among the weapons of the robot is a plastic-propelled Gatling machine gun and a "grenade launcher", from which plastic water bottles are flying out.
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