Japanese electronics firm Suidobashi Heavy Industry has unveiled a $1.2m dollar robot that can be controlled from a smartphone , at the Wonder Festival in Tokyo.
The KR01 Kuratas Battle Mech, or Kuratas for short, weighs in at a massive 4.5 tonnes, and includes a Gatling gun that is capable of firing 100 rounds of ballbearings a second. The gun is controlled using facial tracking technology, and activates when the pilot smiles. Suidabashi call this the 'Smile Shot'. Seriously.
The massive robot stands four metres high, and is manoeuvred on four wheels, reaching a top speed of 10 miles per hour.
The pilot can control the robot from the cockpit which is located in the middle of the robot, or alternatively can use a smartphone, via a 3G data connection. . . .
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