And now the hulk - 100 kg carrying robot named 'core'

 If HRP-4 is the trim athlete, core is the hulk. Or part of it. Core is a huge pair-of-legs developed by the Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo) at Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan. The legs are 2 meters long and weigh 230 kg. It can carry up to 100 kg (220 lb).

It is the first prototype of fuRo's Human Boardable Bipedal Robot Project.

 The main components, such as the motor (photo left) and impact absorption system (right), were developed at fuRo and the plan is to commercialize them so that people in the industry can use them to build their own systems.

Here are a couple of videos. The first is the walk. (Anyone think Avatar?) The second shows it doing a workout with a 100kg payload.

Well, 2 major robot announcements in 2 days. How better can it get?

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[Robotbling]

I can't stop thinking of how cool it would be to see a full humanoid built at that size. In 100 years I can totally see the AMP suits from Avatar being possible. :)