a Japanese creator offers the experience with his “Archax”

Becoming the pilot of Goldorak or one of these other giant robots from Japanese cartoons is a dream come true for the Japanese Ryo Yoshida, creator of a monster controlled from the inside. At 4.5 meters high and 3.5 tonnes, “Archax” moves at a speed of 10 km/h thanks to the pilot perched in his high-tech cockpit. And the latter deploys the 26 joints as he wishes, including two enormous hands, via two joysticks, two pedals and a touch screen.

Like in SF films

“I want to make people’s dreams come true. The dream we had when we were kids, to get into a robot and control it like in science fiction movies.”, explains Ryo Yoshida, the young boss of the start-up Tsubame Industries. Cartoon fans Goldorakfrom the saga transformers or the movie Pacific Rim could be tempted. “It’s a device that allows people to have a little taste of this world [de science-fiction]“, this 25-year-old entrepreneur tells AFP in the aisles of the Japan Mobility Show, where his machine worth $3 million is one of the big attractions.

As for the use of these machines, Ryo Yoshida oscillates between the playful, like robot fights, and the practical, like missions to clear rubble after disasters or construction. But his goal is not only to develop robots, he especially wants to create a system that integrates the pilot and the machine. “The idea is not that the pilot just gets on board and pilots but that he becomes the robot, as if he himself became gigantic”affirms this enthusiast.