Transform Robot from Japan's Brave Robotics brings "Transformers" to life

Above, the 1/12 scale Transform Robot Version 7.2 from Brave Robotics of Japan. There's an article about this creation in Wired Japan by Francesco Fondi, who saw the invention in action at the recent Maker Faire Tokyo.

The wirelessly remote-controlled Transform Robot took some ten years to develop, and includes wireless internet connected cameras for remote monitoring, and the ability to steer its arms and shoot little plastic darts from them.

Video Link.

Available for ¥1,980,000 JPY (roughly $24,000 USD). More photos here.

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Ramone

This is awesome! Though I wish he’d move the camera back and not dissolve between clips when it’s transforming. Some of us might actually want to SEE the whole transformation! ;)
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1287511372 Jamie DiBattista
  
  agreed 100%.
nvlady

JUST TAKE MY MONEY!!
robuluz

Coolest thing ever created ever? Yes. Yes it is.
10xor01

Now all it needs is a self replication feature.
- Boundegar
  
  And SkyNet.
Mister44

Combine this with drone and self driving car technology and imagine what you could get!
- http://www.xradiograph.com/ OtherMichael
  
  Or a Quadrocopter….
http://twitter.com/InnerPartisan Sebastian Spinczyk

I would also like to add that this thing looks about a gazillion times better than those abhorrent monstrosities from the - equally abhorrent – Bayformers movies.
- RedShirt77
  
  My only fear is that this cool piece of technology will only encourage them to make another terrible movie.
  - http://twitter.com/Amazon_cz Amazon Cz
    
    I think the first one wasnt hat bad to watch it.
eobanb

You’d think for $24,000 they could make it walk a bit better.
- ocker3
  
  I’m sure yours works better, can we see video of its operation?
SDurnin

It appears to have breasts.
- howaboutthisdangit
  
  There’s a joke about highbeams in there, somewhere.