A Tachikoma (タチコマ) is a fictional artificial intelligence walker/roller in the Ghost in the Shell universe; appearing in the manga created by Masamune Shirow and the Stand Alone Complex sub-universe. Nine of them are assigned to Section 9’s use originally. They are spider-like multi-legged combat vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence. The spider design appears in other places in Shirow’s work like the Appleseed manga.
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