Zguy28 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Giant Japanese robot will fistfight America's MegaBot http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/06/kuratas-versus-megabot-robot-duel/ Get set for a live-action version of Transformers, as the company behind giant Japanese robot Kuratas has accepted a duel challenge from upstart US challenger MegaBot. However, it'll only fight on one condition: Combat must be hand-to-hand with no guns. Kuratas has been around for three years and even went on sale for $1.35 million at one point. Since MegaBot was only just completed, the Japanese company was taken aback by the offer to fight. Still, it couldn't resist needling its new rival. "My reaction? Come on guys, make it cooler. Just building something huge and sticking guns on it is... super American," said CEO Kogoro Kurata. In one corner, you've got the cruder, but larger US MegaBot at 15-foot tall and 6 tons. With a rusty finish, it rolls on tank-like tracks, can hold two "pilots" and fires giant paintballs at speeds up to 100mph. As you'd expect, the mech has only one purpose: "We're bringing video games and science fiction to life in the form of internally piloted giant fighting robots," MegaBots co-founder Gui Cavalcanti told us. The mech concept first appeared last year in a failed Kickstarter, but was eventually completed with help from US software giant Autodesk. Rest at link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Some people have way too much time on their hands. Like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 This should be an accepted means of settling diplomatic disputes. Can't agree? Settle it with robot battles. Bigger the better. Bring it Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 They're just mad we beat them in soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSilverMaC Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Doesn't sound like a fair fight. It's gonna be the women's World Cup all over again. Also, why would you put a BB gun on a 12 foot mech suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 We beat their ass already in football we can do it again murica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Why didn't anyone call me? I wanna help build a giant robot to kick Japan's giant robot's ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Those are some big-ass machines. Imagine that the fight starts, then they team up and turn on all the human spectators. Awe-some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Those are some big-ass machines. Imagine that the fight starts, then they team up and turn on all the human spectators. Awe-some. Alternate opening scene to Terminator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Alternate opening scene to Terminator 2You'll have to explain what that means since some people on here don't know what "T2" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Those are some big-ass machines. Imagine that the fight starts, then they team up and turn on all the human spectators. Awe-some. Like Ed-209 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Didn't they already make this movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Didn't they already make this movie? Movie shmovie. I want some DARPA grey hair to see this in the paper and say something like "Johnson, we still got that battle mech those navy wusses said they didn't want punching holes in their pretty boats?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 And then it will serve you drinks... Theme park's 'robot kingdom' seeks to upend Japan's service industry TOKYO -- Dutch-themed amusement park Huis Ten Bosch has unveiled plans to open a "robot kingdom" featuring over 200 automatons on the premises in July, part of a long-term strategy to revolutionize Japan's anemic service sector. "Robots will arrive in this kingdom one after another, and the time will come when those technologies will be in use worldwide," Hideo Sawada, president of the park's operator, told reporters Thursday. The androids will include a chef that can cook okonomiyaki (a Japanese pancake), a bartender that can mix no fewer than 10 ****tails and a wait staff ready to serve and clean up after visitors. A Huis Ten Bosch day pass, which costs 6,500 yen ($59.33) for adults, will allow guests to touch and interact with most of the robots. Denso, Yaskawa Electric and Sharp are among the providers of the androids. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Why didn't anyone call me? I wanna help build a giant robot to kick Japan's giant robot's ass! 'Cause we wanna win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Now they're just one step away from robotic whore houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Giant robotic whore houses? Or Robotic Giant Whore houses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Now they're just one step away from robotic whore houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 ^^^ crushed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 'Cause we wanna win?You, sir, are neither a gentleman nor a scholar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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