- Robot unveiled in Japan today will go on sale for £900,000
- Kuratas can be controlled by motion sensor technology in the one-man cockpit or through any phone with a 3G connection
- As well as auto targeting your enemy it is easy for those looking for sweet vengeance – the robot’s heavy artillery fires 6,000 bullet per minute when the pilot smiles
But be careful with the jokes if you are on the phone to the pilot as the robot, made by Suidobashi Heavy Industry in Tokyo, brings a whole new meaning to ‘trigger-happy’.
‘Kuratas’ is fitted with a futuristic weapons system, including a gatling gun capable of shooting 6,000 BB bullets a minute, which fires when the pilot smiles.
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Kuratas, made by Suidobashi Heavy Industry, can be controlled either through the one-man cockpit or from the outside using any smartphone connected to the 3G network.
The robot, which is set will go on sale for £900,000, has around 30 hydraulic joints which the pilot moves using motion control.
Simple touch: All you need to remote control the robot is a 3G connection and works particularly well with iPhone’s touchscreen
You can also use the MasterSlave control system where you move a tiny version of the Kuratas – with an iPhone strapped to its back – to get the life-sized one to follow your bidding
Engineers Wataru Yoshizaki and Kogoro Kurata were saluted in front of Kuratas together with their pilot Anna when they showcased the robot at the Wonder Festival in Chiba, suburban Tokyo earlier today.
The team have been working on the robot since 2010.
The company also released a video where very attractive Anna gives step by step instructions of how to operate the Kuratas.
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The video reminds the viewer of the security instructions on an airplane with Anna taking on the role as futuristic airhostess.
If you are not the piloting kind of millionaire, Kuratas can be operated using what Suidobashi calls the ‘Master-Slave system’ where you control the robot’s movements from outside using any device with a 3G network such as an iPhone.
‘Automatic alignment allows you to lock on your enemy target. Kuratas will not allow any targets to escape.
‘With the alignment set appropriately the system will fire BBs when the pilot smiles.’
Pilot Anna is set to enter the robot’s cockpit and poses with the two men behind it: Wataru Yoshizaki, left and Kogoro Kurata after whom the robot has been named
Female ‘pilot’ Anna looks out the cockpit of Kuratas – with onlookers breathing a sigh of relief at the stern look on her face as the trigger for the heavy artillery is a smile
Realising that there may be a flaw with this system of opening fire, the video warns the pilot against smiling too much whilst operating the Kuratas weaponry.
Kurayas is 13ft tall and weighs four tons – not including the pilot.
The four wheeled legs ensures that it is easy to transport and the pilot will be able to drive it at a top speed of just under 6.5 mph.
It¿s been an honour serving with you all: Engineers Wataru Yoshizaki left, Kogoro Kurata, right, and Anna, centre, pose in front of Kuratas after Anna disembarks