Gundams (minus the rockets,the lasers and the swords) in real-life...

Gundams, in Otaku lore is a machine capable of autonomous flight and movement.Japan is most famous for weird stuff and technology beyond our western brethren. The Kuratas mecha bot developed by Suidobashi Heavy Industry is a mecha capable of Gundam-based stuff(minus the lasers and cool stuff :( ).Unveiled at Wonder Fest 2012 in Tokyo,controlled by either a master-slave controller or a more fluid Kinect.

It has a BB gun that fires at you whenever you smile and "Rocket" launchers.Though this may sound cool it's not quite.....ready for commercialization.It is not military-applicable, It can only move at 10 kmh much slower than your average Heavy tank.Next time, We will be discussing inconsistencies and misconceptions about the technological timeline.

Sources:Techcrunch - Real-life Japanese Mech Robot Fires BBs With A Smile