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I'm looking at the "air reservoirs" in the chest and body that you can apparently fucking shoot or stab to force an E-stop.

They literally say you (could) shoot the thing as an actual emergency stop to brake all the actuators.

Wild.

Otacon: To stop the unit, you have to access the control panel on its back and manually input the override code—

Snake: No time! I'm gonna try shooting it.

Otacon: That'll work too. I put that in as a failsafe.

I'm reminded of the fact that the Japanese built literal giant humanoid mechs for the purposes of... teleoperated train powerline repair: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-...

I’m going to make this guy skulk around and scare the children https://mangdang.store/products/mp2

You could put a chainsaw in the front and get a robot Pochita! [0]

Hmm, maybe a low-buoyancy floater is better? Helium and a quadcopter.