Steam Walker steampunk walking robot

There's definitely a good deal of steampunk gear out there, but this little dude can also keep you company -- kinda. Steam Walker, a steam-powered walking robot of Japanese origin, looks as if it walked (at an unbearably slow pace) out from the pages of a romanticized steam-bot storybook, complete with a makeshift exoskeletal hot bod and loud-as-all-hell engine. The site doesn't offer up much info, but we can tell you that Steam Walker operates via a series of components including the head as a boiler / combustion chamber, an engine, steam pipe, gear box, and yes, a funny little water-drawing bucket.

[Via Boing Boing]


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[Sandeep @ Feb 24th 2007 10:17PM]

Is Jeannie the new weekend writer?

[Miyazaki @ Feb 24th 2007 11:00PM]

Howl's Moving Castle?

[Carse14 @ Feb 24th 2007 11:24PM]

It kinda reminds me of the Mechano-Striders from WoW only much slower...

[lyl545646 @ Feb 25th 2007 12:40AM]

Nice, another great way to waste natural resource.

[david @ Feb 25th 2007 1:14AM]

lyl545646, im guessing you re against art among other things. A lot would argue that humans are the biggest waste of resources on this world.

a breath of fresh air when compared to the sterile sleek look of todays industrial design.

[s i d @ Feb 25th 2007 2:05AM]

'nostaligia' - the fad of all generations ? or the sign of its peak ?

[cookedspy @ Feb 25th 2007 4:05AM]

This totally reminds me of this great movie from a long time ago! *batteries not included ... It was such an awesome movie! I just found it on DVD too!

[Foamator @ Feb 25th 2007 3:11PM]

* Miniature quadriplegic an in robotic wheelchair not included.

[David @ Feb 25th 2007 3:50PM]

This is such an iPhone rip-off!