Real Transformers

This blog tracks the news about robotics advances in Japan. One company definitely
to watch for is TMSUK, which has quite an impressive line-up of robots for various
applications, with some even in use on campuses throughout Japan. The biggest of
the bunch is T-52 model: Is this roboton a mission to seek and destroy improperly
parked cars? Certainly the idea has been around longenough:T-52 however, is not
a nemesis to cars. Quite the opposite.
Pink Tentacle reports: “This is the giant rescue robot called T-52 Enryu (“Rescue
Dragon”). It has a bulldozer-like base and a 5-meter long arms that can lift cars stuck
in the snow. In the tests T-52 Enryu showed off its avalanche prevention skills by
removing accumulated snow from the edge of a cliff. The robot also demonstrated
its ability to extract a car buried under a bank of snow.”T-52 Enryu stands 3.45 meters
tall and weighs 5 tons.