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title: "Kalashnikov Unveils A ‘Killer Robot’ That Could Easily Be Destroyed By Ewoks"
date: "2018-08-22"
modified: "2018-08-22"
authors:
  - name: "Paul Szoldra"
    job_title: "Editor"
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# Kalashnikov Unveils A ‘Killer Robot’ That Could Easily Be Destroyed By Ewoks

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18989986-1.jpg>)

Russian weapons maker Kalashnikov Concern has unveiled what is being dubbed a "[killer robot,](<https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/22/russian-weapons-company-unveils-13-foot-tall-gold-killer-robot.html>)" although it seems like it would be easily defeated by Ewoks if it's ever deployed to the far side of [Endor](<https://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Endor>).

In a [video posted August 20](<https://en.kalashnikov.media/video/technology/kalashnikov-predstavil-kontsept-upravlyaemogo-pryamokhodyashchego-kompleksa>) on the website of Kalashnikov — [yes, that Kalashnikov](<https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-maker-of-ak-47-unveils-ak-308-rifle-with-76251mm-nato-round-2018-8>) — the company showed off what it called a "controllable bipedal complex." That's Russian engineering speak for a 13-foot-tall vehicle that walks on two legs.

However, it's worth pointing out that the video doesn't show any movement. It just shows a static, gold-colored pod with fully-tinted windows that has two legs and two mechanical arms. Is it actually a vehicle that could be used on a battlefield, or a giant paperweight standing outside the Kalashnikov factory?

Kalashnikov

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-1729.png>)

I'm not sure.

Still, the company claims the AT-ST Walker lookalike is bulletproof, weighs 4.5 tons, and can hold and move weapons in its arms, [according](<https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6083021/Russian-weapons-manufacturer-Kalashnikov-unveils-13-foot-tall-walking-gold-killer-robot.html>) to The Daily Mail.

The company did not say how the vehicle would fare [against ropes or logs.](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3C5GN15kas>)

## Author
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