Robots have always been a fascination for humans. Especially manned robots are a classic in many sci-fi movies.
The idea of sitting inside a massive robot and controlling it like a suit is just too awesome!
Now, this sci-fi fantasy has actually become a reality ...
Meet the Method-2, a 4-meter bipedal manned robot!
The metal giant has been created by South Korean company Hankook Mirae, it weighs 1.5 tons and cost over $200 million to build!
A human can sit inside it and control the robot's limbs with a joystick, similar to manned robots we know from movies like "Avatar".
That's because one of the robot's designers is Vitaly Bulgarov, a Science Fiction Expert that has worked on Hollywood Movies like Transformers, Terminator, Robocop or Ghost in the Shell.
With its arms stretched out, the metal giant measures 23 feet of width.
Hankook Mirae plans to start selling these robots starting at the end of this year, with a price tag of $8 million.
It's the world's first manned bipedal robot!
The robot was first unveiled last december in South Korea, but THIS WEEK, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos got to try it and show it off.
Last monday (March 20), Amazon was holding the top-secret Mars Conference, an annual invite-only event created to celebrate machine learning, robots, home automation and robotics.
CEO and billionaire Jeff Bezos, one of the top 5 richest people in the world, showcased the robot, and seemed to be thrilled about it.
“Why do I feel so much like Sigourney Weaver?” he asked jokingly, as a reference to James Cameron's Sci-Fi classic "Aliens" from 1986.
Watch Bezos controlling the Robot here:
The Robot has been created to solve 'real world problems.'
It's intended to be used in areas too hazardous for humans to approach.
Also, it's a prototype for different technologies that will allow the sci-fi experts to build robots with even more features and an even bigger size in the future.
"Everything we have been learning so far on this robot can be applied to solve real-world problems. (...) The plan is to build a reliable robotic platform that can be used effectively in various utilitarian applications."-Vitaly Bulgarov, Designer
It might still be a long way of development and improvement for manned robots like these, but there's definitely a big potential.
Are you excited for Sci-Fi creations like this one to become real life ?!
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