August 24, 2012 06:25pm ETBlacksmith Talks about His Robot Suit Creation Kuratas Suidobashi Heavy Industry Kogoro Kurata, created of the Kuratas robot, is an artist and a blacksmith. Credit: Suidobashi Heavy Industry View full size image

Want to ride your own huge robot that resembles a futuristic starship trooper? You can thank Kogoro Kurata, an artist who channels the spirit of both superhero inventor Tony Stark and a blacksmith from Japan's feudal samurai era.

Kurata built his eponymous robot suit, called Kuratas, with a group called Suidobashi Heavy Industry. A new video — discovered by robot blog Plastic Pals — shows him describing his creation as more like an armored trooper from the Japanese anime series "Armored Trooper Votoms" rather than the giant human-piloted robots from "Mobile Suit Gundam."

"The point is that AT Votoms doesn't need any specially trained pilot," Kurata said in the video. "Anyone can ride."

Kuratas allows human pilots to control its movements and nonlethal joke weapons through its cockpit. But it also enables remote control through smartphones or motion control technology similar to Microsoft's Xbox Kinect — even featuring a "smile shot" feature that activates its BB Gatling gun.

The robot suit's accessibility to untrained pilots echoes the spirit of a "Star Wars" hover vehicle made by the California-based Aerofex. But whereas Aerofex has no intentions of selling its hover vehicle anytime soon, Suidobashi Heavy Industry plans to offer customized versions of Kuratas for sale in the very near future — assuming you can afford the $1.35 million starting price tag.

Source: Plastic Pals

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铁艺艺术家谈他的机器人套装创作－水道桥重工的Kuratas

2012年8月24日下午6时25 ETBlacksmith谈他的机器人套装创作Kuratas水道桥重工Industry 仓田小五郎的Kuratas机器人的创造，是一个艺术家和一个铁匠。图片来源：水道桥重工查看原图

想骑自己的巨大的机器人，类似于一个未来的星舰骑兵？你可以感谢仓田小五郎，谁的渠道两个超级英雄发明家托尼·斯塔克的精神和来自日本的封建武士时代.

铁匠

仓田建立以自己名字命名的机器人套装，叫Kuratas，有一个名为水道桥重工的艺术家。新的视频＆mdash;通过机器人的博客塑料好朋友＆mdash发现;显示他描述了他的创作更喜欢来自日本动漫系列＆QUOT的装甲??骑兵;装甲骑兵＆QUOT;而不是巨大的人类驾驶的机器人从＆QUOT;机动战士高达＆QUOT;。

＆QUOT;问题的关键是，在VOTOMS不需要任何专门培训的飞行员，＆QUOT;仓田在视频中说。 ＆QUOT;任何人都可以骑＆QUOT;

Kuratas使人类飞行员通过驾驶舱控制其运动和非致命性武器的笑话。但它也支持通过智能手机或运动控制技术类似于微软的Xbox Kinect的＆mdash远程控制;甚至设有＆QUOT;微笑拍摄＆QUOT;功能，激活其BB加特林机枪.

机器人套装的无障碍未经训练的飞行员呼应A＆QUOT的精神;星球大战＆QUOT;将鼠标悬停在加利福尼亚州的Aerofex制作工具。但是，尽管Aerofex有其悬停车辆很快卖出没有打算，水道桥重工计划提供Kuratas的销售定制版本，在不久的将来＆mdash;假设你能负担得起

来源$ 1.35万美元起拍价标签.

：塑料帕尔斯

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