Kuratas weren't the only giant mech robots making waves at the time. In 2015, Kurata's rising media coverage caught the attention of U.S.-based start-up Megabots, who called for a duel in what ...

Japan is crazy about robots and mecha—the bigger, the better. If there's another thing Japan's gaga for, it's actually building them. And not just to look at, but actual, operational giant ...

Sakakibara Machinery Works Co., a Japanese robotics company, has just revealed a new, giant, functional robot-suit (or mech) which appears torn from the pages of Gundam manga.

The Kuratas Mecha robot is an art/aspirational nerd project by Suidobashi Heavy Industry. This full-sized Mech robot features a ride-in cockpit, "rocket" launchers, and a "smile controlled" BB ...

This Giant Robot Is Challenging a Japanese Mech to a Duel. A battle to the paint-covered death. By Eric Limer Published: Jul 01, 2015 1:51 PM EDT. Save Article. Media Platforms Design Team.

Unveiled in 2012, Suidobashi’s Kuratas robot was designed by blacksmith Kogoro Kurata, who was inspired by the “mecha” robots of Japanese science fiction animation.

Dreams of piloting a huge fighting robot could become reality for anyone with $1.35 million to spend on a "Kuratas mecha" made in Japan. Human pilots can not only control the 13-foot-tall goliath ...

The 27.8-foot giant mech robot is the handiwork of Japan’s Sakakibara Machinery Works Co., the same company that gave us the Landwalker from 2005 and the $20,000 Kids Walker Cyclops from 2013.

While the West tends to see robots and artificial intelligence as a threat, Japan has a more philosophical view that has led to the country's complex relationship with machines. At a certain 400 ...

TOKYO — Japan, home of the “kawaii” cult of cute, has always had a soft spot for companion robots, in contrast to the more industrial or mechanical types used for assembly lines, surgeries ...