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#1 ZeroTigress

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 01:03 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2...pted/index.html

Country: USA
Company: MegaBots Inc.
Robot: Mark 2
Pilot Capacity: 2

Country: Japan
Company: Suidobashi Heavy Industry
Robot: Kurata
Pilot Capacity: 1

Still putting my money on Japan. C'mon, the Mark 2 looks like it's built for long-range combat while the Kurata's going to get melee mods. Granted, the Mark 2 does look like it could hold up against melee attacks, but if they don't have anything outside of long-range weaponry, they're not going to last that long. Plus, 2-pilot coordination against 1 pilot? I dunno, maybe 2 heads could be better than one.

Edited by ZeroTigress, 22 October 2017 - 03:58 PM.

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 01:17 PM

How long before their on board computers glitch and become self aware? :p_devil:


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Posted 14 July 2015 - 03:18 AM

How long before their on board computers glitch and become self aware? :p_devil:

 

Probably sooner than you think, Bilderberg 2015 had AI at the top of its agenda. That combined with the attendees list:

http://bilderbergmee...ipants2015.html

 

Boston Dynamics has been developing some creepy hardware for Google, and that's just what they allow the public to see.

 

4/16/2015 Edit:

And there you have it...

http://www.techradar...ss-test-1299362


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Posted 21 July 2015 - 12:48 AM

man i'm so happy to live in this era :lv: Gundams and Jaegers plz :lv: 


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#5 ZeroTigress

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Posted 22 January 2016 - 09:30 PM

Summer can't come soon enough!
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Posted 22 January 2016 - 11:45 PM

Gundam or bust, go go Kurata!
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Posted 18 June 2016 - 02:10 AM

I hope the fight's still on.
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Posted 19 June 2016 - 06:41 PM

I hope it is!


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Posted 19 June 2016 - 06:57 PM

Apparently Suidobashi insisted that MegaBots be the one to host the fight (since MegaBots did challenge Suidobashi first). So MegaBots has been spending the past year collecting enough funds to set everything up and only just started building their robot for the fight this year.

https://www.facebook...pe=3&permPage=1

The fight is supposed to happen this month, but it seems it'll be delayed until MegaBots finishes making their robot. That's why there hasn't been an official fight date set yet. :\ They better have this fight, otherwise they're going to make the giant robot industry look like a joke.
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Posted 20 June 2016 - 04:29 AM

Reminds me of that old show "Robot Wars" back in the 90/00's. I watched every season of that back then. I miss TV shows like that.


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#11 ZeroTigress

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Posted 25 October 2016 - 07:47 PM

Finally some news about this.

http://www.animenews...xt-year/.108093
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Posted 07 April 2017 - 08:29 PM

Date is set for August.

http://nerdist.com/g...set-for-august/
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Posted 03 May 2017 - 05:24 AM

Classy.

 

I wonder if one of the new battletech/MechWarrior games will come out around then.


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Posted 26 May 2017 - 07:55 PM

I figured the MegaBots robot would be pretty bad, but didn't expect the Suidobashi robot to not be all that much better either.

https://heatst.com/t...disappointment/

I will laugh if China joins in on this fight. Such a chaotic mix of Transformers and Gundam.
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Posted 02 June 2017 - 07:51 PM

The Jap one seems a bit like a model robot on rollerskates, similar to the toy robots I had when I was 5 with the little wheels underneath


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Posted 02 June 2017 - 10:23 PM

Wouldn't mind seeing real-life Tachikomas. Versatile special ops mobile suits.

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Posted 16 October 2017 - 04:53 PM

Gen 1 robot fights may be lackluster in action, but everything has to start somewhere. Future robot fighters can look back on this and see how far we came.

https://www.theverge...am-watch-twitch
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Posted 17 October 2017 - 10:35 PM

AND IT'S HERE!

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Posted 22 October 2017 - 03:58 PM

And in an ironic twist, South Korea beats everyone with the first pilot-able bipedal robot.

Better step it up, Japan.
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Posted 29 October 2017 - 07:17 PM

These wont be real fun until they're bipedal and as fast and nimble as a human, able to fly, and allowed to use real ammo and missiles! Those will be truly exciting matches!


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