Japanese engineers have built an industrial robot, which is capable of perfectly executing the moves of a samurai master. The robot dubbed Motoman-MH24 has been made by Yaskawa Electric Corporation.

The robot can compete with real life samurai Isao Machii who is an Iaijutsu martial artist with three Guiness World Records to his name. He is able to slice a fried shrimp in two as it flies 80 miles per hour through the air and has cut a 6 mm BB gun pellet in half.

In order to enable the robot with the skills of the samurai master, the Japanese engineers captured Machii's movements in 3D and programmed the MOTOMAN-MH24 to replicate them.

Researchers tracked Machii's movements the same way video-game makers film and copy the athletic moves of pro-athletes. The information was programmed into the Motoman-MH24 unit so that it could replicate Machii's years of practice.

Researchers trained their sword-wielding creation to slice and dice with the precision of Machii. The company released a marketing video on June 4 in which Motoman can be seen bisecting fruit with one fell swoop of the katana.

At one point, the robot is able to cut a snap pea cleanly by the vegetables horizontal seam. The competition comes to a final climax when Machii and Motoman-MH24 face off in a 1,000 cut battle. The video already has over 1.7 million YouTube views and 11,200 likes.