Funny Stuff Thread.... to loosen your day

[SamuraiBlue]

Not to worry when terrorists goes for "TREX" Japan would probably up the antes with these;:roll:


[video=youtube;fUXqVFNYwHs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUXqVFNYwHs[/video]

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

LoL, Patlabor a classic!
personally I liked new Dominion Tank police.

 

[broadsword]

How's this;

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For those of you who don't know what KURATAS is see the vid below.

[video=youtube;29MD29ekoKI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29MD29ekoKI[/video]

On the page it states that the total weight of package would be 5,000Kg while the actual weight of product is 4,00Kg. Unfortunately they are out of stock at the moment and do not know when they will receive next shipment. LoL

The wheeled legs are anti-climatic. I expect bipedal or quadrapedals but I believe to incorporate them in such a huge robot is too challenging for now.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Quadruped unmanned and manned machines are real look at Boston robotics wildcat. Same for six leg machines that are manned and used for logging. Bipeds are harder. Best is a exoskeleton, which is worn like braces over the body and increases strength. Kuratas though is intended to be a mecha. Its not a actual piece of equipment though. Its more of a mobile statue meant to impress.
its powered by a common engine taken from a car which is likely the reason for the wheels. The engine fuel cockpit manipulator arms and other goodies make the chassis to heavy to actually walk. By making it a wheeled platform with arms then the chassis can be rigid enough to hold the weight and get to speed.
The only platform that is mobile and has manipulator and a cockpit on legs that I can think of is a John Deere made logging platform that moves on six legs. In a drag race though Kuratas would smoke it. The John Deere is meant for all terrain logging its six legs are slow moving but give it stability its single manipulator arm is meant to cut down and strip a tree.
Quadruped platforms like Wild cat and big dog as well as personal exoskeletons worn like full body braces and of course wheeled and tracked are the best option in my opinion for military and police service. Kuratas is fun but not much more.
its to weak and heavy for search and rescue to slow and difficult for law enforcement pursuit, to much a target for the military with to thin a skin.
My "TREX" threat scenario is based more around a personal armored exoskeleton but has a short life span as although most police or security forces would have trouble dealing with one any real firepower brought against it would likely win the day.Think a robotic version of the North Hollywood shootout.

 

[broadsword]

Quadruped unmanned and manned machines are real look at Boston robotics wildcat.

I know of Boston Robotics and their exploits, but their machines are not the size of Kuratas. But since they have already got their balancing issue licked, they can pull it off if they want to. Or Segway with their gyro-stabilized technology. I have yet to come across Japanese or Korean robots that can stay upright if pushed.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

[video=youtube_share;p5wqDWEaPFA]http://youtu.be/p5wqDWEaPFA[/video]
[video=youtube_share;2Ysb-Oko3Bg]http://youtu.be/2Ysb-Oko3Bg[/video]
I think The Japanese for Sure have been focusing on other arena's

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I can't say where the South Korean's are Focusing. I know the North Koreans are trying to build Giant steam punk rockem sockum Robots of Death.

 

[broadsword]

I'm not able to view the ASIMO video, but I don't think it has the ability to stay upright if pushed unlike Boston's robots, which, anyway has four legs. Still it shows the depth of US technology.

 

[broadsword]

I'm not able to view the ASIMO video, but I don't think it has the ability to stay upright if pushed unlike Boston's robots, which, anyway has four legs. Still it shows the depth of US technology.

My bad. I stand corrected because I can't see the video. Here is a report from Honda

ASIMO can maintain balance while walking on uneven surfaces and slopes, and can also maintain balance when pushed or impacted to a certain degree. If pushed strongly enough, however, ASIMO could fall over. But because it is so light and compact, damage would be minimal.
• ASIMO cannot get back on its feet by itself. Honda engineers are currently working on this capability.

But after so many years after its development, it still can't get back on its feet when toy robots can! How could they have left out this basic capability this while they are touting it as a domestic helper?

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

I never posted a Asumo vid, There is a two video limit on the Forum. I posted Skel and HAL. As I figured Asumo would be well known enough to need no into but your right it's a biped.

 

[PanAsian]

Not to worry when terrorists goes for "TREX" Japan would probably up the antes with these;:roll:


[video=youtube;fUXqVFNYwHs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUXqVFNYwHs[/video]

Oh my gosh!!!! Patlabor!!!!!! Can't believe they are going to make a live action movie!!!!! I think they are some of the best anime of all time, both the comedic television series and the more dramatic philosophical anime movies. And I have always felt that it is one of the most underappreciated by overseas anime fans.