Imagine a typical young child: impulsive, vindictive, cruel and prone to lashing out during screeching tantrums, yet also harmless due to its tiny stature. Now imagine that same little monster, only now it’s inside a mech-suit, an unstoppable wearable robot with arms that could knock aside Smart-cars and hydraulic hands that could crush its kid-brother’s skull. Imagine no more. The nightmare is real. Behold: The Kid’s Walker, by Sakakibara Kikai
For just $21,600* you could turn your child into a merciless, unstoppable killing machine, a 1.6-meter (5′3″), 180Kg (400lb) gas-powered cyborg capable of pulling the legs off his playmates the way a normal kid pulls the legs off flies, a hissing, hydraulic horror with the conscience of a serial-killer.
There is one ray of hope in this otherwise dreadful scenario: Like the original Daleks, the Kid’s Walker appears incapable of negotiating stairs or any kind of rough ground. So, if you ever glimpse this children’s exo-skeleton around the neighborhood, make sure you hold little Jimmy’s next birthday party atop some kind of small hill. A grassy knoll, perhaps. What could possibly go wrong?
Kid’s Walker [Sakakibara Kikai via Gizmag]
*$21,600 is the estimated price. Thankfully, the machine is not for sale.
See Also:
- MIT Exoskeleton: A Partial Success
- Video: Panasonic Builds Power-Loader Exo-Suit from Aliens
- Video: Walking Lego Mecha
- Real Life Gundam Would Cost $725 Million
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