JR West to start using robot for railway maintenance

[RS18U]

Interesting https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240702_14/

Too bad its not yellow 😁

[miyakoji]

I guess considering the user interface, having it look human makes some sense.  Otherwise I”d say the designers had watched too much anime 🙂

[Kamome]

Yes, they could've gone full shinkalion rather than Johnny 5. (Gen Z and Millennials may not get the reference) 

[BazRaza]

It was deftly handling that chainsaw! 💢

Edited July 3, 2024 by BazRaza

[maihama eki]

I could have used one of those in my yard earlier this year for trimming trees.

[bc6]

I can't wait for the N scale version I wonder who with get the license first Kato or TOMIX?

[cteno4]

I want the n scale version with the VR and full Waldo control!

 

jeff

[Cat]

That is a pure Goji magnet for a good old stomping.

[bill937ca]

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-train-robot-maintain-railway-lines

[miyakoji]

damn it's weird

[bc6]

 

[miyakoji]

I was going to post this, but I couldn't decide what to say about it, I find it somewhat alarming.  If it were less humanoid, I'd like it more.  I wonder how much manga the designers read.  Years ago on NHK's Cool Japan, they had a segment about a dual-arm excavator built by Hitachi, iirc.  I thought, the guys who came up with this read a lot of manga.  The program then had some comments by the guy who designed it.  He said something like "yeah, I was inspired by something I once saw in manga" yeah no kidding lol.

[kuro68000]

I think if they made it look more like a Gundam it would be easier on the eye. It's because it doesn't have a proper face, it looks a bit strange.