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:: Sunday, January 02, 2005 ::
Giant robots in the backyard By John Borland, CNET News.com
In the back of Carlos Owens' southern Alaska yard, an 18-foot-tall steel robot is taking shape in the dim light of the winter afternoons.
The 26-year-old Owens is an Anchorage-area steelworker by day. In his own time, he's hoping to become the creator of a true 'mecha'--not a robot, exactly, but a gigantic exoskeleton that can transform its wearer's motions into eight-foot strides and the devastating sweep of a steel fist.------------------------------------------- posted 10:20 AM :: reference link ::
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