http://www.adpov.net/2007/05/06/baby-stepsif-you-can-really-call-them-that/ The unfiltered opinions of an Imperial Sandtrooper Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:42:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.adpov.net/2007/05/06/baby-stepsif-you-can-really-call-them-that/comment-page-1/#comment-2687 Flametoad » Not bad, for 1st Generation Mon, 07 May 2007 14:52:08 +0000 http://www.adpov.net/2007/05/06/baby-stepsif-you-can-really-call-them-that/#comment-2687 [...] If anybody knows how to build giant, ass-kicking robots, it’s the Japanese. Now you too can own your very own. It seems that Masaaki Nagumo has built something resembling a AT-ST. It’s 11 feet tall, moves under its own power, and shoots raquetballs using some kind of compressed air system. The suspension system could use a bit of work, but for a 1st generation machine it’s pretty cool! Our military has probably done less after spending a few billion. Video of giant walking robot, found courtesy of A Different Point of View. [...] [...] If anybody knows how to build giant, ass-kicking robots, it’s the Japanese. Now you too can own your very own. It seems that Masaaki Nagumo has built something resembling a AT-ST. It’s 11 feet tall, moves under its own power, and shoots raquetballs using some kind of compressed air system. The suspension system could use a bit of work, but for a 1st generation machine it’s pretty cool! Our military has probably done less after spending a few billion. Video of giant walking robot, found courtesy of A Different Point of View. [...]

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