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posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 07 2017, @05:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the hopefully-not-PPV dept.

In 2015, a team of American engineers created the MegaBots Mk. II, a 15-foot-tall, 5,400kg, paintball cannon-armed mech of nightmarish proportions. Which is impressive and all, but the question was: why? The answer came in the form of a fight-to-the-death challenge issued to Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industries, which had built its own 13-foot-tall mech called Kuratas, complete with touchscreen UI, Kinect-based interface, and twin BB Gatling guns (customers could even order one for a cool $1.35 million).

One successful $500,000 Kickstarter campaign later—launched to get the Mk. II combat-ready—the battle to end all robot battles is finally happening, albeit a year later than originally planned. This August, the revamped MegaBots Mk. III will battle Kuratas at an as yet undisclosed location. The delay to the original duel was due to problems with the venue, according to MegaBots, so the location is being kept a secret for now.

The competition is essential if we're to be prepared for the arrival of the kaiju.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @05:47PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @05:47PM (#490385)

    We can't have that. Imagine what could happen if a terrorist rolled out a Robosaurus in the middle of a city. All those laughing children suddenly swallowed up and engulfed in flame.

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday April 07 2017, @06:28PM

    by edIII (791) on Friday April 07 2017, @06:28PM (#490417)

    Yes, but is it terrorism if you place one on your lawn and wait for the kids to come to you?

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