Epic Guide|Mostly Harmless

Ever wonder when we were gonna have Mechwarriors? Well I personally never cared, but some guys are trying to make “Mechas” a reality. I came across this while trying to find this week’s freak. It is an 18-foot tall mech warrior being built by some dude in Alaska. His web site is neogentronyx.com. Now, at first I was reminded of the forklift in the movie Aliens, but then I thought, “Doesn’t Japan love making Robots?” So I searched for more Mech Warriors and found even sweeter ones than this.

Toyota, the masterminds behind the Camry, have turned their skills toward the robotics world. First I found a walking chair, that was cool but then I dug deeper. They created some freaking sweat wheel chair called the i-Unit, along with a walking mech called the i-foot.

Beyond Toyota, other institutions have been working hard at mechanized exoskeletons. UC Berkeley has created “Bleex,” an exoskeleton that helps you carry heavy backpacks. The University of Tsukuba has created a device called “HAL” intended to help people to walk if they suffer from paralysis or something. HAL also gives the wearer “super human strength,” which is nice.

However, of all the mechs I found online, the coolest was definitely the “Land Walker” made by sakakibara-kikai; another company in Japan. The Land Walker is huge, can walk, and has guns. There is even a video showing the guy shooting the guns at a space invader. This thing may not be able to take on a tank yet, but America clearly needs to start making mech warriors for world war III, cause I don’t want the USA being the nation with the lamest weapons in that war.