Giant robots from US and Japan to meet in battle

[Syt]

Tim, I'm disappointed in you for not posting this yet.

http://www.geek.com/news/giant-robots-from-us-and-japan-will-have-a-real-fight-next-year-1627146/

Giant robots from US and Japan will have a real fight next year

Movies, comics, and anime are full of giant fighting robots, but real life has thus far been depressingly bereft of giant mechanized fighting machines. That's about to change now that there are two fighting robots in the world. The American creators of MegaBot have challenged Japan's Suidobashi Heavy Industry to bring its Kuratas robot to the battlefield. The challenge is accepted, so get ready for real-life giant robot fighting.

In the American corner is the MegaBot, which was originally the subject of a failed Kickstarter campaign a few years ago. It was eventually brought to life with the help of Autodesk, though. This piloted robot has room for two occupants (one driver and one gunner) and is 15 feet tall. It tips the scales at 12,000 pounds. For armaments, this mech has a paintball cannon that fires giant three-pound projectiles at more than 100 miles per hour.

Fighting for Japan is the more mature Kuratas mech, which has actually been sold as a product for the super-rich in Japan in recent years. It's a little smaller at 12 feet and only 9,000 pounds. It also has a single driver and no paintball gun. Neither robot will get to use any kind of projectile weapon, though. One of the stipulations of the now-accepted duel is that it's melee only.

Suidobashi CEO Kogoro Kurata dropped some smack talk in his video response to the challenge saying he couldn't let another country win because "Giant robots are Japanese culture." The fight will take place in about a year after both robots have been modified for combat, and since they're technically piloted robots (or mechs if you prefer), there will probably need to be some stringent safety protocols.

Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJTGLL2SnI

Acceptance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u8mheM2Hrg

[Eddie Teach]

Tim is too busy posting weeks old Supreme Court cases to stay on top of the giant robot news. 

[jimmy olsen]

No projectiles = lame

[Syt]

Now projectiles = lame

What?

[jimmy olsen]

Now projectiles = lame

What?

I meant no, not now.

[Tonitrus]

Are you calling Voltron lame? 

[The Brain]

Piloted robots? AKA vehicles?

[lustindarkness]

Those are not robots, should be called a Mech Fight/Battle.

[Syt]

Those are not robots, should be called a Mech Fight/Battle.

That was my take, but since the duellists called their mechs robots, I stuck with it.

[Tonitrus]

House Kurita will win. 

[Josquius]

Someone gonna die

[lustindarkness]

Someone gonna die

We can be optimistic.


BTW, when and where will this take place?

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

House Kurita will win. 

The Kungsarmé will wipe all from the field of battle.

[KRonn]

I think this is practice for a real Pacific Rim event....