Palaeontology

Japan is set to build a robotic Jurassic Park

By T.K. Randall
November 19, 2016 ·  17 comments

The park will be filled with realistic-looking dinosaurs. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Frank Vincentz Described as a 'half visual spectacle and half wacky performance piece', the idea of a robotic version of Jurassic Park is the brain child of Japanese entrepreneur Kazuya Kanemaru.

During a presentation at an industry expo in Tokyo last week, Kanemaru impressed investors by introducing a robotic tyrannosaurus rex which attempted to gobble up one of the actors on-stage.

If the park does go ahead it will offer members of the public the chance to experience first-hand a realistic recreation of the prehistoric world using animatronics and human-operated robot dinosaurs.

A demonstration of what the finished park might be like can be viewed below.


Source: Independent | Comments (17)

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