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09/05/2006

NMX04-1A - Giant Walking Robot

Carlos Owen is currently building an 18-foot tall "Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Robotic Vehicle" called NMX04-1A. He plans on having a fully-functional prototype ready by next summer. Video after the jump.
Initially our mechs will be used for entertainment purposes and will eventually be fitted to fight in a large arena designed to accommodate these great machines. The pilot control is a special system called mech interface manual integration control (mimic) system, designed specifically to allow the mech to emulate any movement done by the controlling pilot of the mecha

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There are 16 comments about this post (1 pages).

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Posted at 09/05/2006 06:10am by jj
I always suspected the (classic, genre-defining, prescient) movie "Robot Jox" would eventually come to pass...
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Posted at 09/05/2006 06:11am by Primo
That's awesome, I can't wait to see the finished walking prototype
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Posted at 09/05/2006 08:25am by 闲，特别闲 » Blog Archive » 我把它叫做真正的机甲战士
[...] [摘自,原文] [...]
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Posted at 09/05/2006 1:48pm by Rex
maybe im mistaking it for something else, but i believe ive seen this a few years ago...
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Posted at 09/05/2006 4:29pm by Gadgetnfo » NMX04-1A, the 18-Foot Tall Combat-Ready Robot
[...] Designer’s Home Page [Neogentronyx.com via TechEBlog] [...]
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Posted at 09/05/2006 6:29pm by Reno
Good thing it has flaming hands
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Posted at 09/05/2006 7:48pm by turboslut
why is it sliding and not walking?
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Posted at 09/06/2006 00:30am by standard paradox
Most of the "walking" gigantic robots just slide...if you've seen the video of the one the Japanese guy built, it slides too. The problem lies in the balance; without a truly effective gyroscope or a means of shifting weight, if one of these robots lifted up one of their legs, the center of gravity would be placed outside the boundaries of the robot's base...in other words, fall over. By sliding, the base does not lose area, but instead changes shape, and as long as the center of gravity stays within the base it is stable. The dumb thing is is that the Japanese guy got asked by the Pentagon to do some weapons research, as probably this guy will be asked. We all like the idea of a giant walking deathmachine, but this kind of DIY robot isn't the answer. I'd look towards Honda or Toyota, or the company that built the "jaws of life" robot, really. Asimo with guns is a good idea.
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Posted at 09/06/2006 5:52pm by Jamison Banks
Dude. This is so over. It's been over for almost a YEAR. Carlos scrapped this design because it couldn't walk. Then he tried to eBay it. No one bought. He's been 'working' on a another model since then, with no pictures, no updates, no nothing. This is dead, and has been dead for a long time.
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Posted at 09/06/2006 8:07pm by Annonymous
Probably he's dead too! ahehehe got crashed by his piece of crap robot.
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Posted at 09/07/2006 11:06am by Hacked Gadgets » Blog Archive » Giant Walking Robot
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