Japan reality edges closer to anime with Japan Railway’s VR-style humanoid robot
Stage 1 in direction of the entire world of Patlabor is total.
The “JR” aspect of JR West stands for “Japan Railway.” The enterprise is not just creating trains these times, while, but robots too.
Technically, JR West is calling the finish unit “multi-functional railway significant tools,” but get a search at the tweet underneath and convey to me “ROBOT!” is not the to start with issue your mind shouts.
【News Release】
生産性・安全性向上に向けて、株式会社人機一体および日本信号株式会社と共同で、人型重機ロボットと鉄道工事用車両を融合させた多機能鉄道重機を開発しています。詳しくはこちらをご覧ください。https://t.co/R8X32nmuJU pic.twitter.com/FBVjIe1xCC
— JR西日本ニュース【公式】 (@news_jrwest) April 15, 2022
The base half of the device appears to be like a rather everyday crane. What’s at the conclude of its extendable arm, nevertheless, isn’t a hook, pulley, or scoop, but the torso, arms and head device of a humanoid robot.
Produced jointly by JR and Nippon Sign, the reason of the multi-practical railway weighty gear is routine maintenance and building do the job, allowing for installation and alternative of huge parts in positions high earlier mentioned the track, a blend of variables that would make it challenging to do the work specifically with human fingers. To provide a proper see of what’s likely on, the head unit is geared up with a camera that relays the image to a VR-design headset worn by the operator.
The JR robot’s layout reminded at the very least a person Twitter user of the Famicom Robotic/NES R.O.B.…
これを思い出す(･_･) pic.twitter.com/erK7OczUpG
— はっちゃん™ (@hacchan) April 15, 2022
…and a different of Quick Circuit’s Johnny 5…
完全に一致。 pic.twitter.com/qYH74mbJw0
— 山崎@モデラーズスペース／AK.NOREN (@LDP730) April 15, 2022
…but the most frequent link has been to anime Patlabor, looking at as how the franchise’s large robots are principally design equipment recognized in-universe as “labors,” with Twitter reactions this sort of as:
“Real globe Labor.”
“We’re lastly receiving a Labor-style humanoid robotic in the authentic globe.”
“It’s started.”
“So are they heading to be starting off up the Babylon Undertaking development [from the anime]?”
Of system, as Patlabor followers know, the development of Labors at some point led to Labor crime and the require for regulation enforcement to have large robots of their own, so it may well be a superior notion to make absolutely sure those people total-scale police Labors are being adequately maintained.
JR West’s robo-, sorry, “multi-useful railway weighty tools,” commenced testing this month, with the intention of coming into comprehensive provider in spring of 2024.
Supply: JR West through IT Media
Top image: JR West
Insert pictures: Twitter/@information_jrwest
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