Kawasaki Reveals Four-Legged Robot You Can Ride Like a Horse

[outer_web]

> A company spokesperson indicated that Corleo is a long-term vision, with a potential market release by 2050.

The video looks all cgi. Headline bait.

[nmstoker]

Absolutely. This is a flight of fantasy. Just being able to imagine something doesn't really cut it for concept items any more - you've got to have something vaguely functional you can demonstrate before it's worth seeking external attention.

[ChristianGeek]

It’s not even good CGI!

[nico]

As mentioned in other comments, this is just a concept, they haven’t built it

But it’s a pretty cool concept. Video here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8TUTp0_D-I

[falcor84]

The mounts in the Horizon games on PlayStation are even better as a concept, as they let you actually try it on. And they're probably as close to implementation as this.

https://horizon.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Mountable

[AngryData]

This is just CGI of an idea somebody had, no part of this exists yet. Its no different than if some random grad student made a video of a flying car concept that they thought of while binging old sci-fi.

[runjake]

Many of the comments are getting this wrong. This video is CGI-generated. However, a prototype exists but all it can reportedly do is stand up and balance itself at present.

[suddenexample]

Ah, sounds like it's just as far along as Tesla's robotaxi then!

[sebmellen]

"Hydrogen powered..." Yeesh.

[observationist]

Yeehaw! That's one spectacular failure mode.

[bastawhiz]

> The company has confirmed the use of a 150cc hydrogen motor that generates electricity to drive the robot’s four legs.

Is hydrogen a better way to store electricity than just batteries? This seems awfully roundabout.

[mikestew]

My dreams of a real-life Giddyup Buttercup are finally coming true…in 25 years. Hydrogen powered? Seems about as realistic as a Fallout-style nuke-powered one.

[outer_web]

You could always get a hay-powered one.

[mgnn]

The Chevaline! It's probably possible to build The Primer, and the John Zaibatsu doesn't seem very outlandish too.

But guys, that book wasn't a manual.

[ilrwbwrkhv]

This is the world that I want to live in. Where I can gallop on a robotic horse and drink juice which heals my tumour but come in different colors.

[boznz]

Forget the flying car. I want one!

[uberdru]

Me too! Much rather have herds of these than fleets of cybertaxis.

[treetalker]

Should go into production around the same time that the Primer does.

[zimlu]

I can see this evolving into a sport like the moto gp

[patrickhogan1]

Hydrogen powered? Where do you refuel it.

[Isamu]

You ride to the sun.

[lifestyleguru]

Boil some water and pour 2/3 of it into the tank.

[kazinator]

Jumps shark at hydrogen.

[vrighter]

Cos a hydrogen engine is the best way to generate electricity. Given that the entire vehicle is around the same size as the fuel tank in a pickup truck, and hydrogen's very low volumetric energy density.

Make the thing, then try to sell it, ffs.

[more_corn]

Hydrogen is bullshit.