Avatar's (human) 16ft metal exoskeleton robot set to become a reality
Avatar’s human robot set to become a reality: 16ft metal exoskeleton will ‘lope along like a gorilla’ with a top speed of 19mph
- The 16ft tall ‘anti-robot’ is called Prosthesis and is being built ‘by humans, for humans’ in Vancouver, Canada
- Its performance will be completely dependent on the person strapped into the vast cockpit of the massive metal exoskeleton
- Volunteer engineers have already built a prototype leg and are raising money on Indiegogo to fund the creation of the rest of the machine
It might resemble the giant exoskeleton as seen in the James Cameron film Avatar, but this terrifying-looking machine of the future is set to become a reality.
A team of Canadian engineers and innovators are working on creating a giant human-controlled walking ‘anti-robot’ called Prosthesis, which is being built ‘by humans, for humans’.
Its performance will be completely dependent on the person strapped into its vast cockpit of the massive metal exoskeleton, who will control it with their body.
Human pilots will drive the ‘anti-robot’ exoskeleton using their entire bodies
When it is built, the anti-robot will be a ‘hi-tech racing machine’ but piloting the machine will be difficult for the human inside it and there will be no automated controls.
In effect the creation, which will stand 16ft tall, is like a hefty mechanical suit and has already began being built in a laboratory in Vancouver, Canada.
The volunteers involved in the project said the machine will be the beginning of the ‘anti-robot revolution’, will weigh a massive 7,500 lbs (3,400kg) and have a top speed of 19mph (30 kmph).
Jonathan Tippett, the leader of the project, who has previously created a large robotic spider, said: ‘Prosthesis is neither a weapon, nor a tool. It is a sports machine, and the pilot is the athlete. It’s Formula One, meets the future.’
To operate the machine, a pilot will climb into the cockpit of the mechanical quadruped and will be strapped in, GizMag reported.