Amazon is selling a 13ft exoskeleton for one million dollars
20.01.2015 19:10
If you've ever wanted to own an 'Iron Man' exoskeleton, then now could be your chance – as long as you have $1 million (£659,000) to burn.
A Japanese electronics firm is selling a 13ft (four metre) mechanical suit on Amazon which can be controlled by an iPhone or by stepping inside the device.
Dubbed Kuratas, the five-ton, four-wheeled device was the brainchild of inventor Kogora Kurata from Japan's Kanto region.
'It seemed unlikely that anyone would develop giant robots however long I waited. And so I thought, I might as well make one myself - that's how it started,' Kurata said in an interview with Zoomin.TV.
Kuratas can be operated using a 'Master-Slave system' where users control the robot's movements from outside using any device with a 3G network.
They can also step inside the suit to control its movements in the same way as exoskeletons are used for fictional characters such as Iron Man.
Overall, the robot has around 30 hydraulic joints which the pilot moves using motion control. It comes in 16 colours, including black and pink.
(dailymail.co.uk)
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