This o­ne isn't long enough for a "Read More," but it was too cool to pass up. According to this article o­n Slashdot Japan [1], a Japanese company called Sakakibara Kikai has developed a robot called the "Land Walker," which looks strikingly similar an Elemental (for those of you who have played BattleTech or Mechwarrior). No telling if it has a a Small Flamer, SRM or PPC (don't think the Elementals had enough heat sinks for PPCs, though), but it's a tad slow at 1.5km/hour. And a bit heavy at 1000kg. Still, badass. Click the link below for Sakakibara Kikai's homepage; they even have a 5MB WMV you can download of the thing in action.

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