13-foot tall ‘kuratas’ pilotable heavy industry robot

developed by japanese artist kogoro kurata and engineer wataru yoshizaki, the 13-foot heavy indstry robot is currently being exhibited at national museum of engineering science and innovation in tokyo, where after two years in the making, is also for sale. valued at over one million dollars, the four-ton machine has a humanlike face and body, two arms and four legs, where a person can sit in the cockpit and control the robot’s arms and legs with bars and touch panels. equipped with four wheels, the robot is capable of travelling at a maximum speed of 10 km/h.

kurutas scale context

overview

3/4 side view

machinery view

front cockpit view

scale

inner components

artillery detail

heavy duty wheels

manufacturing process

welding

moving hands

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