I believe the Eyebrows are a Gurren Laggenn Tribute, probably for the almighty manly character, i think Kamina was his namenilcypher said:Japanese Robot Has a Kick!
A Japanese inventor has created a robot that can play soccer, albeit not very well.
Hajime 33 is a weird looking machine, standing over six feet tall but weighing in at a mere 44lbs, with a least a couple of pounds of that being eyebrow. What's notable about the battery-operated, remote controlled giant, created by Japanese inventor Hajime Sakamoto, is that he can walk around and kick a ball.
As you can see from the video, Hajime 33 isn't the most accomplished soccer player in the world, and it's going to be a long time before the Robo-Soccer World Cup is on TV, but bipedal robots are notoriously tricky to make work, so building one that can stand on one foot and kick a ball, as well as walk and bow, is actually quite significant.
Sakamoto says that he will apply what he's learnt from this project, as well as the other robots he has built, to making a full-sized, working Gundam within the next ten years.
Source: Wired [http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/humanoid-robot-plays-soccer/]
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SAW. You SAW the robot. It's cool. Happens to everyone.poncho14 said:I burst out laughing when I seen the robot![]()
18 meters, actually. ~60 feet.AceDiamond said:For a moment I was hoping it would be this kick
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But then again that probably isn't too far off if this guy is serious about building a full-size Gundam. Though I have a lot of misgivings about that idea. Namely in that a full-size Gundam is 40 meters tall and it would make far more sense to build mecha that are only a couple stories tall (Battlemech size or lower)
Is it? *checks* Wow I've been making all sorts of horrible factual errors today. I wonder where I got the 40-meter thing from. Thanks for clearing that up, appropriate fixes will be made.CantFaketheFunk said:18 meters, actually. ~60 feet.
Well, to be honest, that Asimo robot is more impressive; it can run, it can climb steps, and they have at least one who can learn to identify real world objects and classes of objects:ShadeOfRed said:Oh God. That's awesome. Advanced Robotics might be coming faster than we think.
**walks into room**Woem said:And they will kick our ass in soccerAmnestic said:You hear that, people of the world? Japan's mechas are coming to fruition and they've set a (albeit vague) deadline.Sakamoto says that he will apply what he's learnt from this project, as well as the other robots he has built, to making a full-sized, working Gundam within the next ten years.
We're all fucked.![]()
They're actuly sails used to capture wind energy used to propell in foward at cripplingly low speeds.Abedeus said:"Let's Go, 33"? Sounds like a line from a mecha anime.
Also, those eyebrows add 5 miles per hour to his speed.
Are you sure noone ever put this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocup] on TV?nilcypher said:it's going to be a long time before the Robo-Soccer World Cup is on TV
You know why John, you know why...CantFaketheFunk said:...Logan, why am I a tag in this news post?