It is interesting to think of a future where wars between countries could be fought through duels between "champion robots" with no loss of innocent people's lives.
EDIT: I didn't expect this comment to be controversial/downvoted, and it is interesting that it is evoking some level of passive aggressive sarcasm.
It's cool and all but... wasn't it made to be a project to show off at Olympics? The project seems to be fairly delayed if that's the case.
In any case, I really hope this project didn't receive ridiculous amount of funding. Japan used to be the absolute no 1 when it comes to robotics about 20 years ago, and have then been losing ground since. I hope the policy maker and people holding the money realize that it is far more valuable to take that lead back than create a big moving totem pole of the past that people can dance around.
oh man, thats pretty cool.
My wife would really enjoy seeing that.
I cannot help to lament in the lack of ambition from Japanese people nowadays.
They seem content with cute ideas which has little relevance to major global problems and tech advancement. They still have a top notch scientific and research system, and produce great results every year.
But they seem completely lost the drive for building the actual things that can affect people.
Put this in perspective, aside from a fan service, and commercial benefits, what’s the point of a actual size gundam model that can move?
AFAIK this is not intended to be free-standing. It is more like a large puppet held up at the waist.