And so CAV begins

[Crusoe the Painter 69]

Show those 3rd graders what-for!

 

http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/LW.htm

 

Apparently a producer of farm machinery in japan has produced a piloted 'armed' bipedal walker.

 

I checked the date, it wasn't released on April 1st.

 

Can anyone here read Japanese? :)

[Erion 4]

Until It can run 75 mph across broken ground while maintaining an appreciable shots-on-target ratio, it's not a CAV.

 

Which does nothing to reduce the cool-factor.

[SaintRigger 130]

And not get knocked over by a fat kid who isn't paying attention where he is going.

[Reaperbryan 21]

My Computer translated the Japanese as

(The computer) with the control of support, movement of the robot

itself front and back left and right, was made the foot operation by

four pedals. With that, as for operation of the gun which is attached

to computer left and right even when moving with the both hands

operational. Just this even with big robot simply operational! Now

presently, the development machine is only the computer, but while

being close, robot opposition (the game), in actual ones...! ?

The data total height 3m 40cm gross weight 1000kgw embarkation staff 1

name power engine (250cc) handling 2 type of the ? foot two foot

walking travel speed speed per hour 1.5km/h on-board equipment air gun

which is done (the cushion ball) right side Balkan type (6 departure)

the left side shot cancer/gun type (6 departure) the cockpit monitor

(change expression) under under and after before the computer

[SaintRigger 130]

Cancer guns!?!?!

 

Did you guys watch the video.. it doesn't actually walk, but kinda rolls around, and just seems really unstable.

 

Wonder if it's for a game of some sort :)

[FreeFall 7]

Too much Saki!

[Chrome 1752]

Good lord, by the time that thing walked to the front lines, the war would be over!

[Spartan6 21]

Okay, so it's not exactly a Zentraedi Battle Pod. It doesn't really walk and the guns are kind of a disapointment. However... I have nothing half that cool at my house!

[Jeremy 1]

LOL

 

Yeah its the worlds first Skating CAV! I cant wait to see whats next! LOL

[Spartan6 21]

Now if we can get the builder of this and the builder of the pod that actually does walk that we were looking at a couple weeks ago, nifty things could happen.

[Storminator 60]

In any case, that translation is hilarious. My favorite line:

 

"...the cockpit monitor (change expression) under under and after before the computer"

 

PS

[Chrome 1752]

I have nothing half that cool at my house!

If you come up for NukeCon next fall, you'll have to come by my house and I'll show you my grill. I'll take something that cooks meat over a skating egg anyday!

 

Plus it'd probably be handier in a war. While that things rolling to the battlefield, I could pull up w/my grill and distract the bad guys with some T-Bones!

[Erion 4]

Or improvise a propane bomb.

[vejlin 2546]

Or simply cook food on it and not starve.

[Earthwalker 0]

I would have been more impressed with a Paintball Gun or an Airsoft MG.

 

They might be someplace where their Govt has them Restricted though.

 

Nothing worse than having to re-create a Potato Gun just to have your CAV look Decent........

 

ED209 it is not, but hey, start somewhere!!!!!

 

Now they just need to get it walking, not shuffling.......

 

 

Tim