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posted by n1 on Tuesday July 07 2015, @02:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the needs-more-metal-gear dept.

Some time ago the US Megabots team issued a challenge to the Japanese team behind the Kuratas mecha to have a mecha fight in one years time. The Japanese have now risen to the challenge and said tongue in cheek they want the battle to have brawling so they smash the US robot into pieces.

"My reaction? Come on, guys, make it cooler," Suidobashi founder and CEO Kogoro Kurata said in a YouTube video posted to the site on Sunday. "Just building something huge and sticking guns on it -- it's...Super American."

Kurata's playful comments came after MegaBots on July 2 issued a challenge to Suidobashi to engage in a real-life giant robot battle. The MegaBots pugilist is called Mark 2, weighs six tons, and is piloted by a team of two. The Mark 2 fires three-pound paint cannonballs up to 100 miles per hour. The Suidobashi Kuratas weighs 4.5 tons, making it a bit more agile. However, it comes with a pair of Gatling guns, coupled with an advanced targeting system and heads-up display.

In its own video, MegaBots called the fight a "duel," and said that it hoped to host the event in one year. The team called on Suidobashi to name the battleground.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday July 07 2015, @02:58AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 07 2015, @02:58AM (#205968) Journal
    It has been almost 30 years since it was presented [wikipedia.org] and I'm still waiting for my Caterpillar P-5000 Work Loader - I need it, my back went bad.
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Farkus888 on Tuesday July 07 2015, @03:41AM

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Tuesday July 07 2015, @03:41AM (#205975)

    http://www.machinerytrader.com/list/list.aspx?Manu=CATERPILLAR&Mdltxt=P5000 [machinerytrader.com]

    They seem to have nerfed the specs a little though.

    • (Score: 2) by rts008 on Tuesday July 07 2015, @01:10PM

      by rts008 (3001) on Tuesday July 07 2015, @01:10PM (#206096)

      The Cat p5000 that you linked to was the same thing I thought of reading the comment. There were two of them at the last place I worked, and I used them almost daily.
      It took following the GP's wiki link to figure out what was being referred to. :-/

      My geek powers are slowly fading...