Now it ’s 2017 , it is about time we have giant humanoid automaton . Well , enter METHOD-2 , a 4 - beat - tall ( 13.1 foot ) bipedal , man “ mech ” fomite that looks like it’sjust stomped its path flat out of a futuristic anime series .
The vehicle ’s weaponry seem to be controlled through the front of an onboard pilot . As you may see in the videos , it looks like it can take the air forward and back , although it is tethered to a power source and relies on a chain hoist to keep it vertical .
It ’s the work of Korean company Hankook Mirae Technology and conceptual designerVitaly Bulgarov , who has work out as an industrial designer for Panasonic , Intel ’s New Devices Group , and Google ’s Boston Dynamics ( the guys responsible for those weirdlycreepy golem dogs ) . He has also used his expertise in futuristic pattern to bestow to big - budget movie , let in the 2014 remaking ofRoboCop , Transformers : Age of Extinction , and the newGhost in the Shellmovie .
With all these tie to the visual effects studio of Hollywood , it might seem that his employment has more to do with fiction than fact . Live Sciencepried into Hankook Mirae Technology and questioned whether the work was legitimate or a grand dupery for the viral - video age . Their investigating ascertain the organization has only ever associated with Bulgarov and they could n’t trace any of the engineers puzzle out on the project , which is a tad funny considering how advanced the fomite seems to be .
In response to these questions , Bulgarov secern Live Science : " If you look at this from a Western dot of view , then yeah , that might seem strange , but in that part of the world , the acculturation is a little unlike . The company require to make something first before they advertise themselves . ”
The company also arrogate it was n’t wait the societal media hype that blew up following the release of videos of the vehicle , hence they had n’t prepared an official entry or even a pressure release . To prove and tranquilize some of the cynics , however , Bulgarov has since released a new video ( below ) read the mech taking its " first steps " .
Hoax or not , it ’s comely to say it still looks pretty telling . Whether we ’ll viably be understand these thing clip around construction yards and state of war zones in the fare few year remains unknown for now , but its designers say they go for to formally unveil METHOD-2 by and by this yr . For the love of god , just do n’t give it any weapons .
