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Mitsubishi Wants To Mass Produce Real Gundams
Date: 2/6/2005
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is starting up a new research and development effort which will look at the feesibility of development and manufaturing of general-purpose bipedal construction robots like those seen in Mobile Suit Gundam. This theme will dominate a company event coming up on the 14th and 15th of this month which will seek out new employees inviting university students who will graduate this spring. This will take place in the Shinagawa Mitsubishi building in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The official name of the event is "Mitsubishi Juukou Ga Kidousenshi Gandamu Wo Zou Tara" (Mitsubishi Heavy Industires makes the mobile soldier Gundam). The presentation to be given shows a hypothetical public corporation of the near future deploying the robots on the surfcae of the moon. All aspects of this enterprise will be covered such as development, design, advanced mass production methods, financial affairs and materials procurement.
Source: Anime News Service