The concept of a walker robot, revealed by Russias renowned arms maker, Kalashnikov, has been mocked online over its design and resemblance to the machines from Robocop and Star Wars.
Many users hurried to share their discovery that the 4-meter-tall “controlled bipedal walker” presented by the company at Army-2018 expo had many design similarities with ED-209, which faced off against Robocop in the iconic 1987 movie by Paul Verhoeven.
“Somebody watched too much Robocop,” one of the commentators wrote, while another added that unlike the heavily armed fictional robot, Kalashnikovs walker was “just standing there with put out arms.”
Кто-то Робокопа пересмотрелся pic.twitter.com/QVGepjbwRw
— А ты точно парикмахер? (@happy__keanu) August 21, 2018
ED-209 was also photoshopped into the same picture with the Russian concept, asking his counterpart: “What are you?"
– А вы знали, что «Калашников» разработал управляемого прямоходящего робота «Игорек»? pic.twitter.com/20X6jafXFj
— Чёткий ТАСС (@ChetkiyTASS) August 21, 2018
Other suggested that Kalashnikov drew inspiration from another movie universe – AT-ST from “Star Wars.”
калашников сделал почти AT-ST, ждем другие типы шагоходов pic.twitter.com/rJef007LgJ
— Anna (@che_anna) August 21, 2018
The practical implications of the Russian walker are currently unclear, but the twitterati believe that the positioning of his arms would make him a perfect waiter.
The machine also received a nickname of Igoryok, an endearing version of Igor – although its unclear if any burly lab assistants were involved.
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The images online showed Igoryok serving beer and ice cream, delivering pizza or returning from the supermarket with bags full of groceries.
Концерн Калашников представил концепт прямоходящего человекоподобного робота весом в 4,5 тонны, который должен решать бытовые задачи.
По данным РБК, робота назвали "Игорёк pic.twitter.com/e0MkVBAQFp— Polina Zinziver (@polinazinziver) August 21, 2018
But one user also remembered the Matrix character, Morpheus, putting the red and the blue pills in the hands of Kalashnikovs walker concept.
Ты должен выбрать… pic.twitter.com/12y8hEK4jW
— Лана дэль рей блять (@Lanadelrei_blya) August 21, 2018
Концерн «Калашников» представил прямоходящего боевого робота «Игорек» в ходе международного форума «Армия-2018» pic.twitter.com/Anx0TxWof1
— Разрыхлитель Мозгов
(@crazy_kutas) August 21, 2018
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