Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-train-robot-maintain-railway-lines
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-train-robot-maintain-railway-lines
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“It resembles an enormous, malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of painting and gardening in mind.
Its operator sits in a cockpit on the truck, “seeing” through the robot’s eyes via cameras and operating its powerful limbs and hands remotely.
With a vertical reach of 12 metres (40ft), the machine can use various attachments for its arms to carry objects as heavy as 40kg (88lb), hold a brush to paint or use a chainsaw.”
It sounds like its main purpose is to trim tree branches over railroad tracks. It can do other things like paint.
One step closer to Gundams! This is the future I’ve been looking forwards to. Super robots everywhere.
It’s just a labor. Probably made by the well known Shinohara Heavy Industries. /s