By JohnW on Wednesday, September 7th, 2005 in Fun Stuff, Robots, Tech & Gadgets.

Ok, I’m just getting too much of transformer animation’s series . Actually, this transformer “robot” is the World’s first bi-pedal exoskeleton (Codename: Land Walker) developed by Sakakibara-Kikai.
Japanese robotics and machineries manufacturer Sakakibara-Kikai has developed the world’s first bi-pedal exoskeleton, bringing the battlemechs and cyborg technology found in sci-fi movies and novels into reality. This mechanatron is similar to those found in movies such as the Imperial Scout Walker (AT-ST) found in Star Wars. Previously, there was a similar mechanatron also created in Japan by Tmsuk called Enryu. Although Enryu is much faster than Land Walker, it uses caterpillar-like tracks rather than legs to move.
more details on Land Walker spec, weapon and the blue print…
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