Robot that fires its gatling guns upon the pilot’s smile

Japanese engineers have built a 13-foot-tall diesel-powered robot that fires its gatling guns upon the pilot’s smile —called "the smile shot."

Dubbed "Kuratas", the robots were designed to be non-lethal, however, shooting only BBs from their guns and ordinary water bottles from their "rocket launchers".

"Be careful not to cause a shooting spree by smiling too much!" the manufacturer warns, humorously.

Suidobashi Heavy Industry is even planning to mass-produce the 4.4-ton, diesel-powered Kuratas, all for a cool $1.35 million each, tech site The Verge reported.

“Kuratas has over 30 hydraulic joints that allow it to freely move its arms, legs, and torso. It can fire water bottle rockets and fireworks, and its 6,000 round-per-minute BB gattling guns are controlled with the pilot’s smile,” The Verge said.

The creation of artist Kogoro Kurata and robotics researcher Wataru Yoshizaki uses a V-Shido control system that can use wheels and can walk to navigate uneven terrain.