Japan start-up develops 'Gundam'-like robot with US$3 million price tag

YOKOHAMA, Japan: Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5m-tall, four-wheeled robot that looks like Mobile Suit Gundam from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for US$3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur archaeopteryx, the robot has cockpit moni