Robot Duel

This had to happen; it was only a matter of time. An American robotics company called MegaBots, Inc. has thrown down the gauntlet to their Japanese counterpart, Suidobashi Heavy Industries. They’ve challenged the Japanese company to a duel using giant fighting robots.

Giant fighting robots. Awesome. And the duel is great PR for both companies.

The battle will pit the 12,000 pound MegaBots Mark II against the 9,000 pound Suidobashi Kurata.

The Japanese company was quick to accept the challenge. Here is their response.

I was once employed at a robotics company, and our robots were pretty cool, but they weren’t giant fighting robots. They were 6 feet tall, not fifteen feet. They carried cameras and sensors, not weapons. They had wheels, not treads. They were mild-mannered, non-violent robots, not giant fighting robots. Unlike these human-controlled fighting robots, our peaceful robots were autonomous – they self-navigated. However, those robots and the company that built them are long gone. There was just too little demand.

Giant fighting robots. Now we know what the marketplace wants.