Marina Lyubimova
⬤ Tsubame Industries has introduced ARCHAX, a five ton humanoid robot that enters places too lethal for people. The unit stands 4.5 metres high. One operator rides inside a cockpit ringed by nine cameras that deliver a seamless 360-degree view. Force-feedback controls let the pilot sense the exact pressure the steel hands exert while the robot demolishes walls, moves radioactive waste or lifts victims from a landslide.
⬤ Twenty-six joints allow the machine to swing a hydraulic claw then pivot to sift through broken concrete with fingertip care. If radiation gas or structural collapse threatens the cockpit, the pilot leaves the cabin and drives ARCHAX from a distant control room. A single battery charge covers one full shift and conditioned air keeps the cabin habitable through long assignments.
⬤ For travel ARCHAX folds into a wheeled configuration plus drives itself at ten kilometres per hour. After work the limbs lock, the torso lowers and the whole unit loads onto a standard flatbed truck for shipment to any site, no matter how isolated or dangerous.
⬤ The release signals a move toward task built robots that shoulder risks people once had to accept. By blending direct piloting with remote control, Japan expands the range of human machine teams in hazardous industry and opens a practical chapter in humanoid robotics.
Marina Lyubimova
