About NKK 4m Robot Project
About NKK 4m Robot Project
This 4-meter robot project began in 2010 with an aim to build a mega humanoid robot (as seen in Mobile Suit Gundam, a Japanese anime). It is an unprecedented and challenging task to develop such a gigantic bipedal robot with an embedded cockpit.
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Development of Mega Humanoid Robot (Mobile Suits)
We started to develop our first small bipedal robot in 2002 and completed our 25th humanoid robot with a height of 1 m in 2007. Furthermore, our 33rd humanoid robot with a height of 2.1 m, one of the largest in the world, was developed in 2009. Our current goal is to develop the 43rd robot, a 4-meter bipedal robot with an embedded cockpit (similar to Jr. Mobile Suit in Mobile Suit Gundam), and after that, we are planning to build an 8-meter robot. Our final goal is to build an 18-meter Gundam-sized robot (Mobile Suit) and walk on Midosuji, one of the main streets in downtown Osaka.
Performance Tests of Our 4-meter Robot
Actuator Unit
Bending and Stretching of One Leg