Finally! A Real-Life PatLabor -- Japanese company builds a large "Rescue Robot"

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http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040325/capt.sge.bjn04.250304143706.photo00.default-384x274.jpg Japanese firm unveils large robot for disaster rescue work

Thu Mar 25, 9:37 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese company unveiled a 3.5-metre (11.55-foot) tall robot that can forage its way through a heap of debris as a trailblazer for rescue workers following a disaster such as an earthquake.
The five-tonne T-52 Enryu (literally "rescue dragon") is hydraulically operated and equipped with two arms ending in pincer "hands" that can grasp and remove obstacles to help rescuers reach people trapped under rubble.
Each arm is capable of lifting 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds) and when they are fully extended the two pincers are 10 metres (33 feet) apart.
The prototype robot was developed by Tmsuk, a company based in the southwestern Japan city of Kita-Kyushu, in cooperation with fire-department officials and university researchers.

The company aims to develop a commercial model by the end of the year.

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 07:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Ally/Tombot to thread, etc.

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 07:04 (twenty-two years ago)

also, no word on whether it transforms or not

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 07:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm, do you get inside the robot and control it, like in Patlabor? Because I think the definition of "a robot" is that it can operate by itself. Otherwise it's just an exoskeleton.

(This has got to be the geekiest post I've ever written.)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 26 March 2004 09:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I know what I want for my birthday, now.

― robster (robster), Friday, 26 March 2004 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm, do you get inside the robot and control it, like in Patlabor?

before we can run, we first must crawl.

in our pneumatic suits.

i wonder how long before somebody puts jump jets on it.

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

god i feel like i'm 12 looking at that thing.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040324/i/r4278978783.jpg

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd's rolling waist-high robot Wakamaru (L), Fujitsu Ltd's Maron-1 (C) , Sony Corp (news - web sites)'s humanoid Qrio and robotic dog Aibo perform at Robodex industry forum in Tokyo March 24, 2004. The Japanese firms on Wednesday unveiled a new technology that allows robots developed separately to be controlled simultaneously via a computer network. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

meanwhile, american efforts aren't exactly up to snuff...

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Been there, done that. up-to-this-minute public robotics has already been surveyed on this thread. Check it out for other pictures from tmsuk, robodex and many more kwazy robots.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

oh my god that thing! it really is a dragon! i want one!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Man, we've had it when the robots usurp.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

jel totally OTM oh man

Also, here's more.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Including movies.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

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