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| Japanese launch 4.5-tonne gun-toting robot controlled by smartphone | Japanese launch 4.5-tonne gun-toting robot controlled by smartphone |
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| It is 4 metres (13ft) high, weighs 4.5 tonnes and fires 6,000 ball-bearing pellets a minute, yet this ¥1m (£8,160) monster could be Robomop as well as RoboCop. | |
| The massive robot, called Kuratas, is controlled either by a human pilot in a mid-torso cockpit or by a smartphone connected to a 3G network, and was unveiled at the Wonder festival in Tokyo on Monday. | The massive robot, called Kuratas, is controlled either by a human pilot in a mid-torso cockpit or by a smartphone connected to a 3G network, and was unveiled at the Wonder festival in Tokyo on Monday. |
| The diesel-powered machine could, it was claimed, be used as a trundling "ecofriendly" weapons system (top speed 6.2mph) – or customised for more peaceful functions such as firefighting or cleaning, according to designers at Suidobashi Heavy Industry. | The diesel-powered machine could, it was claimed, be used as a trundling "ecofriendly" weapons system (top speed 6.2mph) – or customised for more peaceful functions such as firefighting or cleaning, according to designers at Suidobashi Heavy Industry. |
| Just take care while dusting ... | Just take care while dusting ... |
| • This article was amended on 30 July 2012. The original version wrongly gave the conversion from ¥1m as £816,000. |