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December 21, 2011 05:03 pm GMT

Japanese Company Works On 13-Foot Robot With Built-In Cockpit

hr33_mThe Robocalypse is near: Osaka-based Hajime Research Institute is working on a humanoid that will stand 13 feet (4m) tall, which is much taller than most other existing robots of its kind (the latest version of Honda's Asimo, for example, is just 130cm high). It will also sport a built-in cockpit.Hajime Sakamoto, president of the institute, is on a mission. After having successfully developed a 7-foot robot in 2009 (pictured above), the plan is to build the aforementioned giant robot next, before following up with humanoids that are 26 and 59 feet tall after that.

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