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February 03, 2006
Giant rescue robot!
In the spirit of Ace's extended series of posts on giant frickin' whatevers, I present to you the Enryu, or "Rescue Dragon."
A model tested Thursday in Niigata prefecture, at the heart of Japan's snow country, has two hydraulically operated arms with a reach of 16 feet, each capable of lifting 1,102 pounds, according to company spokesman Shiro Fujita.
In the tests, Enryu successfully lifted a car from deep snow and simulated knocking ice and snow off rooftops with the help of a sophisticated, Fujita said.
(I think the article meant "with the help of a sophisticated computer.")
Giant rescue robot!
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