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Offline ShadedExalt

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Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« on: July 12, 2015, 09:37:01 pm »
It all starts with Suidobashi Heavy Industry's Kuratas piloted robot being unveiled.

https://youtu.be/uLl9mF8TSCU

Copied from Know Your Meme:

"History
In 2012, Kuratas Suidobashi unveiled the first Kuratas robot, billed as “The World’s First Boarding Robot.” The robot was big enough for a man to sit inside and operate it from within, just as in the traditional mecha format. It was operated off of the XBox Kinect user interface, and while it couldn’t walk, it could drive on three wheels at about ten kilometers per hour. It could be armed with a series of cannons made for shooting fireworks or water bottles, and retailed for US $1,353,500."

THEN an American company called Megabots, Inc, made a kickstarter to raise $1.8m to fund a project to create their own mecha.  The goal was to make 2 bots and an arena, and have them duke it out.  The long term was to start a sporting league.  They only got $65k, though, and they think it's because they had only a prototype turret at the time.

Eventually, however, they succeeded in making a robot, and made this video:

https://youtu.be/XVJTGLL2SnI

5 days later, Suidobashi responds:

https://youtu.be/7u8mheM2Hrg

No exact date is known, but the estimate of the fight is sometime in 2016.

As somebody in the comments says...

"Born too late to explore the planet
And born too early to explore the stars...
BUT BORN JUST IN TIME TO WITNESS THE BIRTH OF MECHA."
« Last Edit: July 12, 2015, 09:50:18 pm by ShadedExalt »
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Re: Japan accepts America's vhallenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 09:48:31 pm »
Shaded...............we need to make some kind of American/Canadian hybrid mech now. You know it must be so.
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 10:25:14 pm »
I've seen this anime, Japan wins, America sucks...fan service and panty shots for all! :D
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 10:29:14 pm »
Oi, let me and Shaded build our contender before you make assumptions! I bring the Dakka and agro, you bring the moose and good manners!
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2015, 02:16:40 am »
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2015, 04:11:51 am »
Japan has a Gundam guarding Odaiba.

It just needs motors and motion capture software.

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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2015, 06:29:26 am »
Quote from: Kamoba on July 13, 2015, 02:16:40 am
8)
http://youtu.be/GUbeJ1uG-9w

I used to love Robot Wars!

I actually had the privilege to meet the creations Behemoth and Sir Killalot. Really cool robots!
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2015, 09:40:47 am »
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2015, 10:54:55 am »
Quote from: The Mann on July 13, 2015, 06:29:26 am
Quote from: Kamoba on July 13, 2015, 02:16:40 am
8)
http://youtu.be/GUbeJ1uG-9w

I used to love Robot Wars!

I actually had the privilege to meet the creations Behemoth and Sir Killalot. Really cool robots!

I have a remote control Matilda box which is signed by the Chaos team, Craig Charles, Sir Killalots driver, Behemoth team, and the team with the big lady bird, and another team I forgot the name of. Got to meet them all at Lakeside during a robotwars promotion. 8)

Me and my dad made a robot, applied, got past the paper application but then when the inspectors met our bot we were apparently against a couple of rules regarding weight and size by a few points, enough to ensure we didn't qualify... :(

Had the games, had the rip off games, had the player modified version of the rip off.
Was a huge robotwars nut when I was younger.
As for what happened to Robotwars...
American TV happened... It was "bigger" and more over the top with the arena. It was less about the teams behind the robots and more about who could make the bigger grinder with more revs per second...  Then it slowly died.
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2015, 11:06:20 am »
Ahh, was never sure of the rules myself. I had an idea for two huge horizontal buzz-saws, one above the other, and the spun in different directions. Then I got the idea to use lawn mower blades...........that would have been a beast.....
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2015, 11:39:20 am »
Oh yeah the rules were very strict and tight, we were very close to qualifying but really only a little bit too heavy and big, but by the time we finished adjusting our bot size, they'd filled for the series and next series I'd started at college and dad didn't want to enter without me, and then it was in America.... :'(
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2015, 12:35:06 pm »
craig charles needs to present this
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2015, 12:45:59 pm »
Quote from: Replaceable on July 13, 2015, 12:35:06 pm
craig charles needs to present this

Yes!
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2015, 01:58:06 pm »
I would love to create a robot.

I am quite good at programming microcontrollers and such.

I once made an armoured RC car. Was petrol powered and the range of the controller was stupid, when it was functional, we never tested it fully but was a stupidly long range. I crashed it into a brick wall, some tube connected to the engine cut and then well, it combusted due to the heat...
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Re: Japan accepts America's challenge... To a Giant Robot duel.
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2015, 02:57:08 pm »
I used to have a custom built remote controlled car, dad helped me pick the parts and taught me how to put it together, he used to build and fly remote control planes too, though I always struggled getting the balance right on mine, my planes were always built from the left overs of his wrecked ones XD

We used to salvage the working parts and recycle them :)
The most impressive thing my dad made was a tiny indoor plane, electrics powered the turning, but the prop was powered by a rubber band. XD
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