Evolta mascot's Fear Factor climb

Juniper Foo | May 28, 2008

Having just laid claim to being the first to have Guinness Book of World Records officially certify the Evolta as the "world's longest-lasting AA alkaline battery cell", Panasonic isn't resting on its laurels. The company has literally scaled mountains in a bid to substantiate that claim.

It tickles us to read about the Evolta mascot pulling itself up the rope of a 530m (1,739ft)-tall cliff in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, using its little plastic hands and legs, powered by what looks like two AA Evolta batteries. Though considering the 130g mechanical toy is just a wee 17cm tall, that's a lot of hard climbing to do; roughly 6 hours 46 minutes of rope burn. Another world record?

Disclaimer: The stunts described were designed and supervised by trained professionals. They are extremely dangerous and should not be attempted by any robot, anywhere, anytime.

Via Japan Today | Picture credit: Matsushita handout photo

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