Kuratas: the giant human controlled robot

If you don't like to drive a car, sail a boat or ride a bike, then maybe you'll like this new kind of vehicle: Kuratas the robot. (No, not Gundam)

Yes, this is the world's first giant boarding robot! Creator of Kuratas, Suidobashi Heavy Industry, unveiled him at Wonder Fest 2012 in Tokyo. So you can hop onto the robot and control it. How cool is that!

Kuratas features two types of controlling. You can sit inside the robot and control it with a touch screen panel. Or if you're not in the mood to sit in the Kuratas, you can remotely control the robot through a 3D network, using a laptop, tablet or smartphone. So now you can 'become' a robot and walk and drive with it (10 km an hour).

But wait, this robot can do something else. A not so cool feature. It has a weapon function (human friendly). The only thing you have to do in order to let the robot shoot is smile. Yes, it's connected with some kind of weird smile system. Hm.

Anyway, if you're delighted to have an unique vehicle, then you can buy Kuratas for just 815993,47 Euros. Hm, quiet expensive huh.....but you can also choose a different color, instead of boring grey/black. How about a babyblue or girlie pink Kuratas?

Check out the demonstration of how to ride Kuratas.


Source: sky news, techcrunch