Science,fiction,robot,hulking robot,Technology,tested method, <br />Robotic function <br /> <br />VICE founder Suroosh Alvi recently traveled to Gunpo, South Korea, to try out the Method 2 prototype, a hulking manned robot made by Hankook Mirae Technology. Weighing in at over one and a half tons, and standing 13 feet tall, the Method 2 looks like something out of science fiction. <br /> <br />Specifically, this exoskeleton robot looks like something you’ve seen in a movie, and that’s by design: Hankook Mirae Chairman Yang Jin-Ho and his team collaborated with a Hollywood designer to make the Method-2. <br /> <br />Jin-Ho spent $200 million of his own money on the project, and claims his creation is the world’s first manned bipedal robot. <br /> <br />The robot is designed to mimic hand and arm movements, and is suspended by two metal cabals in the ceiling to keep it balanced. <br /> <br />So far the Method-2 is only used for fun, but its creator envisions it will play a critical role in future crises. <br /> <br />“It’s more likely it’ll be used in fires and disaster relief situations,” Jin-Ho said. “But also find application in military operations.”
