---
title: "Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee"
description: "Japan's gigantic 60-foot tall Gundam robot just took several steps and kneeled like it was nothing."
date: "2020-09-23"
modified: "2020-09-23"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-japan-60-foot-gundam-robot-take-knee"
categories:
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "gundam"
  - "Japan"
  - "robot"
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/japan-60-foot-gundam-robot-take-knee.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Gundam House via YouTube\</em\>*

## Big-Ass Robot

Japan's gigantic 60-foot tall Gundam robot just took several steps — and even kneeled.

https://youtu.be/VqylqDtdLv0

The footage, uploaded to YouTube by local observers, is admittedly sped up between at least two to four times, as [*Newsweek* points out](<https://www.newsweek.com/this-life-size-gundam-robot-built-yokohoma-japan-terrifying-1533635>) — but the grace at which it moonwalks across the ground in front of it and give a salute is a sight to behold in itself.

## WE ARE GUNDAM

The robot was finally completed last month, [according to Japanese news site *SoraNews24*](<https://soranews24.com/2020/08/07/japans-new-life-size-gundam-is-complete-and-standing-proud-in-yokohama%e3%80%90photos-video%e3%80%91/>). The massive structure weighs over 55,000 pounds and is modeled after the RX-78-2 unit from the popular "Gundam" science fiction franchise.

The robot still hasn't been revealed to the public, because the ongoing pandemic has indefinitely delayed its opening at the Gundam Factory in the port of Yokohama, Japan. It was originally meant to go on display in October of this year.

**READ MORE:** [This Life-size Gundam Robot Built in Yokohoma, Japan is Terrifying](<https://www.newsweek.com/this-life-size-gundam-robot-built-yokohoma-japan-terrifying-1533635>) \[*Newsweek*\]

**More on the robot:***[ Japan's 60-Foot Gundam Style Robot Takes Its First Steps](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/japan-building-massive-walking-gundam-robot>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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