Japanese Engineer Builds World's Largest Fully Operational Robot by Himself

Japanese machinery and robotics manufacturer Sakakibara specializes in building machines for agriculture alongside life-sized robots that people are able to operate. In a new video, Great Big Story spotlighted one of the company's most talented engineers, Masaaki Nagumo, who built the world's largest fully operational robot. Standing at 28-feet tall and weighing nearly five tons, it took Nagumo six years (2011-2017) to develop the colossal automaton all by himself. He credits the cult-anime seri...