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Gundam – 18m mobile robot  The world's largest movable humanoid robot is now on show in Yokohama. Standing 18m high, it's a full-scale reproduction of the giant robot made famous by the popular "Mobile Suit Gundam" animated TV series. Three engineers who also are Gundam fans took on the unprecedented challenge of creating a real-life robot that would move dynamically just like the original animation. The development of this giant humanoid took six years of trial and error, but now at last, the result of their project is ready to roll.  VIDEO BY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #DailyNews #Japan #Gundam #Humanoid #Robot #Movable #MobileSuitRobot

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00:06 In 2020, the Gundam Factory Yokohama opened,

00:10 designed to showcase a giant robot.

00:12 At 18 meters tall, it's a full-size representation of the legendary Gundam.

00:19 But it's not just massive.

00:22 This robot also moves.

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00:27 [speaking Japanese]

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00:38 Legs, arms, head, even the fingers.

00:42 In all, there are 34 movable parts.

00:45 This makes its action look very dynamic and realistic.

00:54 The sheer scale of this robot has won it a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

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01:03 The 1979 animated TV series Mobile Suit Gundam

01:08 was the start of a still immensely popular worldwide franchise.

01:12 The moving Gundam robot is part of a project

01:16 celebrating the 40th anniversary of that first TV series.

01:22 In the project's fictional background story,

01:24 pieces of a Gundam robot were discovered in Yokohama.

01:28 A team of researchers decided to recreate the long-lost robot,

01:32 and the time has now come to activate their giant machine.

01:35 A full-size robot that moved just like its iconic anime inspiration.

01:41 The project to realize this dream got underway from 2014.

01:45 It required the skills of specialists from many different fields.

01:51 Yoshizaki Wataru is a robot researcher.

01:54 He developed the advanced software that keeps the robot perfectly in balance as it moves.

02:00 That's the secret behind its realistic movements.

02:05 Kawahara Masaki designed the robot's external appearance

02:11 and choreographed its performance.

02:13 And Ishii Akinori,

02:17 had the key role of designing the mechanism that actually moves the robot.

02:21 Ishii has been a Gundam fan all his life.

02:25 My first Gundam experience was playing with gum plastic models

02:32 when I was just a little kid.

02:33 I thought mobile suits were the coolest thing.

02:35 I even chose a career at a construction machinery company

02:38 because I dreamed of being able someday

02:41 to build a moving life-size Gundam like this.

02:45 Ishii developed the world's first heavy construction machine

02:48 with arms able to move as freely as those of a human.

02:51 He decided to leave his company job

02:56 to devote himself full-time to this robot project.

02:59 But even for a designer of Ishii's skill,

03:04 building the 18-meter Gundam proved extremely challenging.

03:08 The team's mission was to create a dynamically moving robot

03:11 that stayed in place for a long time.

03:15 The robot was designed to be a robot that stayed faithful

03:18 to the original Gundam design.

03:20 The anime design favored style over realism,

03:25 with long lower legs that look cool but aren't practical.

03:28 In reality, short thighs and long shins throws off the balance,

03:34 so the robot can't kneel and get up again.

03:36 Working closely with Yoshizaki, the system director,

03:41 Ishii made many trials,

03:42 and the machine ratio allowed the robot to make

03:45 the large, dynamic poses they wanted.

03:47 Kawahara then designed new knee guards

03:51 that would make the robot's legs look as long

03:53 as in the original anime version.

03:55 And so a dream held from childhood finally became reality.

04:03 After six years of hard work,

04:09 their record-breaking robot was finally complete.

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04:14 I want children to see what can be achieved

04:20 when adults take play seriously.

04:22 This is the same technology that supports

04:25 our daily lives behind the scenes,

04:27 and I want people to feel just how amazing that is.

04:31 The 18-meter tall moving Gundam

04:35 is the result of one man's lifelong passion.

04:38 Ishii hopes it will inspire the same passion

04:41 in the children who come to see it.

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