It's Finally Happening. The World's First Giant Robot Fight is This June

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It's Finally Happening. The World's First Giant Robot Fight is This June Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 20:49:08 No.346040

Yes, America has built a giant, human-piloted fighting robot, and yes, it absolutely looks like something out of MechWarrior.

https://archive.is/5zaUN

>This childhood-dream-come-to-life is built by Oakland-based startup MegaBots. It's called the Mk II, and yes, it totally works.

>Not only does it work. It's completely badass.

>But that's just the start. Japan has built a giant fighting robot of their own dubbed "Kuratas."

>It is ALSO totally fucking epic.

>And you fire it's weapons by smiling like a deranged super-villain.

>You see what I'm getting at here. The stage is clearly set for a showdown.

>Because let's be real. We, as a race, do not deserve to have giant robots unless we're making them do this…

>The good news is that back in June of 2015 the founders of MegaBots issued a challenge to the Suidobashi Heavy Industry, the creators of Kuratas. The terms? A duel, one year from the date.

>They accepted.

>Which means that in 3 short months THIS is gonna be happening.

>If you aren't already picking sides and screaming with excitement, I recommend starting now.

Get more info here:

https://www.megabots.com/

http://suidobashijuko.jp/

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 20:49:53 No.346043

>>346040

Oh for fucks sake, this is what I get for downloading an image from Google because the news image was corrupt. Fuck me sideways.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 20:56:55 No.346052

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>>346043

>at_least_you_tried.jpg

Heh very cool OP.

>pic related

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 21:00:33 No.346054

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>>346052

Actually other OPs are posting this image too, which makes me wonder if the site has been fucked with… Better run your virus scanner, anon.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 21:01:07 No.346055

>>346043

>>346052

The fuck is with that pic anyways? I see at least one other thread with that pic.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 21:05:25 No.346060

ghost post

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 21:07:16 No.346064

so it's paintballs but also full-contact gladiator combat? how does that work exactly? Personally I miss the old battlebots days, when half the time the fun was that one of the robots didn't work or immediately an hero'd.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 21:08:05 No.346065

File: 1458594485626.jpg (103.74 KB, 636x358, 318:179, mechabattle.jpg)

>>346060

Fuck, it deleted my post.

>>346055

It let me post my other thread alright, which makes me think someone is directly manipulating the site/fucking with it. This is what the image was supposed to be in the OP.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 21:08:45 No.346066

>>346065

I advise anons to get off the site, delete your Temp files, and immediately run your antivirus/antispyware software if using windows.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 22:14:48 No.346124

>>346065

seems dangerous putting a guy in there. Whats wrong with remote control?

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 22:28:35 No.346140

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Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 22:34:58 No.346149

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What's the point? We have tanks.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 22:36:27 No.346153

>>346040

Goddammit I read 'flying' got my hopes up. But still almost forgot about this robo battle

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 22:37:36 No.346156

>>346149

not the same

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 23:39:15 No.346237

>>346124

It's for pussies.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 23:41:11 No.346241

>>346065

I think it's interesting that without having labeled them, it's pretty obvious which one was made by the USA and which one was Japanese. The aesthetics and design philosophy of the two are unmistakable.

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 23:51:44 No.346252

>>346241

Ones terminator/RoboCop the others muv-luv alternative/guilty crown

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 23:56:52 No.346260

thats the same Viking Statue in Skyrim :)

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 00:10:15 No.346272

File: 1458605415760.jpg (314.38 KB, 1420x810, 142:81, titans.jpg)

>>346149

what's the point?

we have Titans

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 00:32:04 No.346287

>>346040

But they just fire paintballs at each other. I wish it was more like a giant version of Battlebots where they mangled each other with drills and so on, but I guess that would be too expensive and dangerous.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 00:46:03 No.346299

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>>346287

>I guess that would be too expensive and dangerous.

What? Nah. It would be totally safe. Giant robos are known for protecting humans.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 00:54:37 No.346306

>>346299

Why are you posting a Japanese robot on an American website?

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 00:54:55 No.346307

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>>346287

>But they just fire paintballs at each other

so far - this is only practice vids

How else are they gonna defeat the other robot without adding somethin a little stronger in the actual fight

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 01:48:43 No.346337

It's going to be shit

No projectiles since it's too dangerous, just some paintball shit

No melee fighting since it would be too dangerous to the machine and pilot

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 02:44:44 No.346394

why does the American one look so god damn shitty

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 02:54:04 No.346405

>>346394

Junkyard Wars

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 03:21:32 No.346424

>>346287

The whole point of robot fights is the sheer unabashed destruction and rape of metal.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 03:22:26 No.346425

>>346307

shit, those paintballs do decent damage

Still though, the robots are slow can't see the match being too exciting.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 04:04:00 No.346450

>>346140

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Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 04:04:39 No.346451

>>346065

Sentry bot v Robobrain

03/22/16 (Tue) 04:11:26 No.346452

>>346450

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Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 04:43:46 No.346473

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

Totally unimpressed. They've been advertising video of these same two god damned robots for years, when is this "showdown" actually going to happen?

The American robot looks like complete shit with it's non-functional legs and generic tank treads, it's completely outclassed by the jap design, which frankly is embarrassing. Everything about it looks so basic.

The Jap version meanwhile "kuratas" looks impressive on a surface level. It's leg design is much more stable and mobile, it has an actual cockpit with screens and cameras inside. The reality though is that while it's technically better designed, they're both still just toys. The kuratas is appearing at toy conventions and such.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 05:14:13 No.346488

>>346306

This site is not american mate.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 05:20:25 No.346495

>>346307

Nah, other one uses a BB Machine Gun.

In reality, both firms are probably under contract to develop ideas for future riot control robots.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 05:33:23 No.346506

>>346299

>Cucktimus prime

>Not Macross/IBO

Kill yourself

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 05:37:44 No.346514

>>346506

>IBO

I think you meant Ideon

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 05:41:11 No.346516

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>>346473

of course they're fucking toys, what else would they be? They can't just go mounting real rocket launchers or machine guns on them and have them parading around in civilian areas.

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 07:37:53 No.346603

>>346516

I remember the japanese asked for a fist only fight, what happened about this ?

Anonymous 03/22/16 (Tue) 07:57:31 No.346615

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