Oh hey here's a terrifying robot. Let's give it GIANT FUCKING CHAINSAW HANDS.

I’m going to make this guy skulk around and scare the children https://mangdang.store/products/mp2

You could put a chainsaw in the front and get a robot Pochita! [0]

	▲	JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hmm, maybe a low-buoyancy floater is better? Helium and a quadcopter.

kotaKat 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm looking at the "air reservoirs" in the chest and body that you can apparently fucking shoot or stab to force an E-stop.

They literally say you (could) shoot the thing as an actual emergency stop to brake all the actuators.

Wild.

	▲	bitwize 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Otacon: To stop the unit, you have to access the control panel on its back and manually input the override code— Snake: No time! I'm gonna try shooting it. Otacon: That'll work too. I put that in as a failsafe.

bitwize 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm reminded of the fact that the Japanese built literal giant humanoid mechs for the purposes of... teleoperated train powerline repair: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-...