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Gigantic beetle robot was built for good, not evil
Where else but Japan would you find a gigantic beetle robot, able to be controlled either remotely or from within the cockpit?
Dubbed the Kabutom MX-03, this beastly-looking machine was built by a man in Ibaraki, Japan over the course of the past 11 years. I'm not quite sure what led him on the quest to dedicate his life to building a gigantic, robotic beetle, but it appears as if he was successful. The thing is awesome. I just don't know what the point of it is.
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By monkeyr at 3:58 PM ON 04/16/09
reminds me of that one show that was on when I was a kid, I think it was called "BeetleBorgs" or something close to that.
By Old Man Dotes at 4:07 PM ON 04/16/09
That ought to keep those rotten kids of his lawn!
By budgethero at 5:14 PM ON 04/16/09
too awesome. over dramatized by the japanese tv stuff and music, but still, quite the achievement.
By Bluesman at 5:26 PM ON 04/16/09
Next step, MECHA_GOJIRA!
By Ian at 5:47 PM ON 04/16/09
Why do they call it "Kyodai" Roboto? Also, thought it was pretty cool, it was actually supported by wheels rather than its legs. Apparently, the guy who made it, did it to save the world !? Also, its funny how they let him build it as a joke!
By IsoTek at 12:25 AM ON 04/17/09
Beats the hell out of that stupid VW commercial with the talking VWBug touting German Engineering.
By Coach Culbertson at 11:54 AM ON 04/17/09
This truly brings a whole new meaning to "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto."
It had to be said.
By Redajin at 4:06 AM ON 04/21/09
But can it transform?
This has Decepticon written all aver it...
By Bob at 3:42 PM ON 04/21/09
Why is this impressive? 1) its something that should be possible to do w/ the kinds of sums any relatively successful person could obtain (its not horribly expensive, it doesn't really need "new" tech, you just need the mechanical knowledge to do it) and 2) its on FREAKING WHEELS. There's nothing at all impressive about that, something that's possible to do w/ robotics and the idiot couldn't pull it off so he just put it on a trolley. Its a car w/ bug legs and a robotic horn. Wow, I'm so impressed.
Meanwhile some dude built a fully functional spider bot, full of awesome, and with a decent clip of speed for cheap robotics, just not as big. Why not scale that thing up instead of building junk like this? Bug bots aren't complicated, they even make one for logging steep slopes commercially, don't try to impress people w/ outdated failures.
By That a farm? at 12:40 AM ON 05/03/09
I bet it gets like 5 quadcaujillion gallons a mile!
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