How tall is a mecha?

The device, standing 8.5 meters tall and weighing about 7 tonnes, possesses fully functional arm and leg servos.
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How tall is the big O?

Size One of the smaller growing Southern Eucs, all grown up 'Big O' could reach 15 feet tall. Also can be grown as a large shrub.
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What makes a mecha a mecha?

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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Do mechs exist?

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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What defines a mech?

A mech or mecha is a large, pilotable machine.
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Are military mechs real?

Combat walkers, or just 'mechs,' have been a part of science fiction for decades.
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Why is Japan obsessed with giant robots?

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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Will mobile suits ever exist?

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.
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Is it possible to build a mech?

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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Who invented mecha?

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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Is AOT a mecha anime?

While Attack on Titan doesn't have any mecha, it parallels great mecha anime. Titans are effectively the mecha of Eren Jaeger's world. Every standout mecha anime includes huge fights, melodrama, monologues, special techniques, and piloted suits of immense power.
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What are giant robots called?

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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Is Gundam a mech?

The RX-78-2 Gundam (Japanese: RX-78-2 ガンダム, Hepburn: Āru Ekkusu Nanajū Hachi no Ni Gandamu) is a fictional manned robot (mecha), introduced in 1979 in Yoshiyuki Tomino's and Sunrise's anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.
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What is big Venus?

Big Venus is a Megadeus from The Big O, being the true main antagonist of the show due to being the reason behind the event 40 years ago in the show.
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Is Big O based on Batman?

Roger Smith is a pastiche of the Bruce Wayne persona and the Batman. The character design resembles Wayne, complete with slicked-back hair and double-breasted business suit.
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Why is Big O called anime?

According to Sato, the name "Big O" comes from the opening theme of "Daitetsujin 17", "Oh! Giant Ironman". The megadeuses are portrayed as semi-sentient beings, capable of acting on their own. Unlike the mechas of other mecha/robot anime, the megadeuses do not exhibit a ninja-like agility.
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Can Jaegers be made in real life?

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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Is making Jaeger possible?

Would it be possible for the Jaegers of the Pacific Rim to exist? No. Assuming you mean the giant one that takes in the Pacific and not the small Jaeger at Pacific Rim II.. No.
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Are big robots real?

A giant robot resembling the 1970s anime figure Gundam has been tested in Yokohama, Japan. The robot stands at nearly 60 feet tall and weighs 24 tons.
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Is Japan building a Gundam?

Japan Has Built A 59-Feet Gundam Robot That Walks And Levitates In The Air. Japanese engineers have made a giant Gundam in Yokohama's Chinatown in the Yamashita Futo harbour. The area has also been named the 'Gundam Factory'. The giant robot is roughly 59 feet tall and has been made to scale.
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How much would a mech cost?

Used robot prices can range between an estimated $25,000 and $40,000, and systems with application components cost between $50,000 and $75,000.
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How tall are mobile suits?

Typically speaking, a mobile suit is approximately 60 feet in height, with a cockpit located in the unit's torso.
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Are there robots in the USA?

The new World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots report presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) shows a record of about 293,000 industrial robots operating in factories of the United States – an increase of 7%.
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What is a robot called?

The word robot can refer to both physical robots and virtual software agents, but the latter are usually referred to as bots.
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What the world can learn from Japan's robots?

Upstairs, staff have access to robotic exoskeletons that fit around the waist and lower back: these apparatuses ease the severe body strain as they help their elderly clients get in and out of bed. (Some studies have shown that over 80% of nurses in Japan experience lower back problems.
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