This Terrifying Giant Mech Isn't Hollywood Special Effects, It's Real

Meet Method-2 a vast hulking “mech” and one that, according to its creators, is a world first.

This vast robot is the brainchild of designer Vitaly Bulgarov and South Korean company Hankook Mirae Technology.

After revealing the giant robot to the world via a Facebook video, Bulgarov has had to come out and actually confirm that the robot is in fact real, and not just some very very clever CGI.

Method-2 weighs a staggering 1.6 tonnes and soars to over 13 feet in height thanks to two enormous legs which allow it to walk.

The arms are then controlled by the pilot using an innovative copycat system which replicates the arm movements the pilot is making in real-time.

While it doesn’t have the grace and speed of the mechanised we’ve become used to in films like Pacific Rim, Method-2 is impressive nevertheless.

Bulgarov’s design work has covered video games to movies with his most recent project being the Hollywood blockbuster Ghost in the Shell which is expected in cinemas later this year.

According to Hankook Mirae Technology, Method-2 isn’t just a toy for showing off.

While the legs are admittedly not ideal, the company has told CNN that the top half of the body is being attached to a wheeled version which is then scheduled for testing in the Fukushima disaster area.

Method-2: In Pictures