Are mechs real?

Although fictional mechs come in all shapes and sizes, the widely used hulking, humanoid mech design is the most common in gaming, and in life, as we've seen with real life attempts to build the kinds of giant mechs that we love in fiction.
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Are mechs possible?

In fact, having a human-piloted bipedal mech is more likely than one that thinks for itself. “This is a very feasible type of technology,” says Sethu. “More feasible than a fully autonomous system, because fully-autonomous systems have lots of problems in terms of sensing and contextual decision-making.”
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Are giant mechs possible?

While it may be possible to build and pilot a mecha large enough to crush humans, they are likely to be lumbering, unstable, and with very limited range. Building a giant killer robot with many degrees of freedom would break a fundamental rule of engineering: avoid unnecessary complexity!
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Are military mechs real?

It has no obvious signs of weapons nor does it appear to be anything more than a nonworking mockup. Important details such as power plant, carrying capacity, and armor are all left unexplained. Combat walkers, or just 'mechs,' have been a part of science fiction for decades.
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Is it possible to build a mech suit?

In the past, Japanese researchers and engineers have developed robots that can play games and clean up after you. They have even designed and plan to build an elevator to go to space. Now researchers have developed the first made-to-order full-sized, mobile mech suit.
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Is a Gundam possible?

The simple answer is yes. In fact, scientists have been tackling various aspects of the technology since at least the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During that time, both Russian and American inventors explored the possibility of mechanically enhanced exoskeletons to aid humans in various physical movements.
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Are Pacific Rim robots possible?

The Jaegers of Pacific Rim clock in at an impressive height of about 76 meters (250 feet). However, controlling such massively complex robots in reality simply "cannot be done," according to Murphy.
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Do mechs sink into the ground?

Whether its sinks or not will be dependant on your mechs size and density but they'd need to be ridiculously heavy before they'd starting "sinking" into solid ground.
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Who invented mechs?

The concept of transforming mecha was pioneered by Japanese mecha designer Shōji Kawamori in the early 1980s, when he created the Diaclone toy line in 1980 and then the Macross anime franchise in 1982.
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Does Japan have mechs?

The term mecha (Japanese: メカ, Hepburn: meka) may refer to both scientific ideas and science-fiction genres that center on giant robots or machines (mechs) controlled by people. Mechas are typically depicted as humanoid walking vehicles.
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Does the military use robots?

Defense robots are an increasingly common part of military campaigns, helping to keep soldiers safe and providing a tactical advantage in nearly any combat scenario. As the military continues to experiment and find success with different forms of defense robots, the market is expected to experience strong growth.
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Will mechs replace tanks?

Note that Mechs cannot do the job of tanks/planes/ships nor replace them. They are a new form of vehicles designed for a new form of warfare.
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Are mechs a viable weapon?

Overall, when compared to conventional military vehicles, bipedal, semi-humanoid mechs are generally ineffective and their only advantage is that they look really cool.
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Why mechs are better than tanks?

If we compared a mech and a tank on open ground, it is likely that the tank could be outperform the mech in speed and ability to deliver rounds on target. However, if the mech ran to dense forest to escape the charge of tanks, the mecha could then have the advantage, due to the woods stopping the tanks if dense enough.
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How much can a robot arm lift?

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It is no surprise, then, that researchers at Sarcos Robotics have created Guardian GT, a set of seven-foot robotic arms that can each lift 230 kg (500 lbs), giving whoever uses them superhuman strength.
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Why is Japan obsessed with mechs?

These are spectacular machines that are used, in the main, as a tool to help humanity. They represent Japan's greatest strengths as a nation: teamwork, the ability to blend progressive technology with traditional values, forward-thinking, fortitude and using science as a means to increase the sum of happiness.
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Why are Japanese obsessed with robots?

Some observers of Japanese society say that the country's indigenous religion, Shinto, explains its fondness for robots. Shinto is a form of animism that attributes spirits, or kami, not only to humans but to animals, natural features like mountains, and even quotidien objects like pencils.
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What is an anime mech?

Mecha is a genre of Japanese manga and anime that heavily features or focuses on mechanical innovation. Robots, cyborgs, androids, and space stations, for example, all fall under the wide umbrella of mecha; however, robots are usually the primary focus.
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Are there mechs in Just Cause 4?

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The Brawler Mech is a DLC vehicle in Just Cause 4.
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How do you get the mech in Just Cause 3?

After you have installed the DLC onto your device, the first Mech Land Assault mission is unlocked after completing the Just Cause 3 storyline mission, 'Conflicting Interests' and the mission icon for 'Stow Away'.
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How heavy would a Jaeger be?

A Jaeger weights about 2500 tons but it only takes eight CH-47 Chinooks to lift it. A single Chinook can lift about 11.3 tons (11,340 kg = 25,000 lbs). Russian surnames take masculine and feminine forms.
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Can Godzilla beat a Jaeger?

We've seen Pacific Rim's Jaegers in action and know that they can struggle to take on the kaiju of their own universe. They are drastically undersized compared to Godzilla when it comes to weight, so one swipe could foreseeably obliterate even the biggest and most expensive Jaeger with ease.
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How big is a Jaeger?

In an interview on Japanese magazine, Guillermo del Toro noted that Jaeger's size was determined as they compared images of robots, ranging from 30 to 150 meters in heights, to the Golden Gate Bridge, and "75 meters" was the ideal for the movie.
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Is the Gundam robot in Japan real?

Modeled on the RX-78-2 Gundam—a fictional robot that has been the subject of some 50 namesake TV series and manga since 1979—the giant towers nearly 60 feet tall and features 24 degrees of freedom, meaning that it can move in as many directions.
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