Video: Giant Japanese beetle robot
Bow, puny humans, before the might of this gigantic beetle:
Designed and built by an Ibaraki man in his garage over the course of eleven years, the “Kabutom MX-03″ looks like a prop from a Power Rangers spin-off but is an actual working vehicle. Why build it? Because owning an eleven meter long, fifteen ton robot beetle makes you a mack daddy — in Japan or anywhere else.
Shaped like a kabuto-mushi (rhinocerous beetle, a favorite design of Japanese toymakers and, uh, candymakers), it can be remote controlled or piloted from the cockpit (visible on the left side), and is capable of carrying passengers inside its shell. Alas it more “shuffles” than walks — the legs pull it along the ground, while the weight is supported by wheels
More details can be found at AltJapan.
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thats crazy big
Reminds me specifically of the Big Bad Beetleborgs.
Oh god, I remember that show.
“Ragio Controrea”
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now add a big speaker and play the Gozilla scream ^^
That is probably the coolest thing I’ve seen this year so far…*l*
How you ended up calling it MX-03 instead of RX-03 is beyond me.
Hehehehe
Oh…my…goodness….
I cannot comprehend such cybernetic insectoid awesomeness!
Kafka, eat your heart out, eh?
I wonder what this guy’s wife thought of his project? And how did he fit that into his garage?
Oh…my…goodness….:D
I want a gundam next!
That guy is my hero! If I were that guy I would put on a jumpsuit and helmet, strap into that thing and ride around town all freakin’ day. So cool.
The japanese are the only ones who make something cool, look so stupid.In 8 minutes the best we see is it moving a few inches. We don’t need to know the specifications of the stupid thing, no one cares how much it weighs.
Hey it stime bukan all over again……….
time bokan anyone
They should organize a fight between this and the giant spider currently performing in Yokohama.