Japan Has All the Cool Robots

I want one.

A Japanese company unveiled a 3.5-metre (11.55-foot) tall robot that can forage its way through a heap of debris as a trailblazer for rescue workers following a disaster such as an earthquake.

The five-tonne T-52 Enryu (literally "rescue dragon") is hydraulically operated and equipped with two arms ending in pincer "hands" that can grasp and remove obstacles to help rescuers reach people trapped under rubble.

I'm not sure where I would put it, but I want one.

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Posted by zombyboy at March 25, 2004 04:33 PM | TrackBack