"Robot from Avatar" turned out to be zilch
Fiction has always served as fertile food for the creativity of engineers and designers. Having collected at one time an incredible box office around the world, James Cameron's Avatar movie inspired the South Korean company Hankook Mirae Technology to create the Method 2 robot.
The manufacturer positions it as a combat robot. The height of the product is 3.96 meters, its weight reaches 1.3 tons and has a pair of metal hands of 130 kg. As in the Avatar, the pilot must sit in the cockpit, and a powerful exoskeleton to repeat all human movements. In addition to combat use, the four-meter Method 2 can be used in places dangerous to humans.
During the implementation, the developers faced the problem of the balance of the robot and its power supply. Work has been ongoing since 2014, and its budget has already reached about $ 100 million. Skeptical journalists from CNBC conducted their own testing of a South Korean combat robot and found that it is still not able to fulfill the functions declared by the manufacturer. Only due to the presence in the cockpit, the machine is able to meaningfully move with mechanical hands. More or less complete control is possible only by an engineer from outside the inside of the robot. Also, the "death machine" is not able to move without being connected to power wires.
In general, the "destroyer robot" from South Korea, despite its "avatar appearance", has not yet met its expectations. But the developers claim that the work will continue.
The manufacturer positions it as a combat robot. The height of the product is 3.96 meters, its weight reaches 1.3 tons and has a pair of metal hands of 130 kg. As in the Avatar, the pilot must sit in the cockpit, and a powerful exoskeleton to repeat all human movements. In addition to combat use, the four-meter Method 2 can be used in places dangerous to humans.
During the implementation, the developers faced the problem of the balance of the robot and its power supply. Work has been ongoing since 2014, and its budget has already reached about $ 100 million. Skeptical journalists from CNBC conducted their own testing of a South Korean combat robot and found that it is still not able to fulfill the functions declared by the manufacturer. Only due to the presence in the cockpit, the machine is able to meaningfully move with mechanical hands. More or less complete control is possible only by an engineer from outside the inside of the robot. Also, the "death machine" is not able to move without being connected to power wires.
In general, the "destroyer robot" from South Korea, despite its "avatar appearance", has not yet met its expectations. But the developers claim that the work will continue.
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