(Tokyo) For Japanese Ryo Yoshida, creator of an internally controlled monster, becoming the pilot of Goldorak or one of those other giant robots from Japanese cartoons is a dream come true.
Published yesterday at 8:18am.
With a height of 4.5 meters and a weight of 3.5 tons, “Archax” moves at a speed of 10 km/h thanks to the pilot in its high-tech cockpit. And this uses the 26 joints, including two huge hands, via two joysticks, two pedals and a touchscreen as desired.
“I want to make people’s dreams come true. The dream we had as children was to get into a robot and control it like in science fiction films,” explains Mr. Yoshida, the young boss of the start-up “Tsubame Industries.”
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Ryo Yoshida
“It’s a machine that allows people to get a little taste of this (science fiction) world,” the 25-year-old entrepreneur told AFP in the hallways of the “Japan Mobility Show,” where his machine was on display Worth 3 million dollars to see is one of the major attractions.
When it comes to the use of these machines, Ryo Yoshida oscillates between the playful, such as robot battles, and the practical, such as missions to clear rubble after disasters or construction work.
But his goal is not only to develop robots, but above all to create a system that integrates pilot and machine.
“The idea is not that the pilot just comes on board and steers, but that he becomes a robot, as if he were gigantic himself,” says this enthusiast.