Is it possible to build giant robot?

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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Why can't giant robots exist?

What kind of materials would be both strong and light enough to make a giant robot? Weight is the critical issue. Steel is strong, but it's too heavy—its strength proportional to its weight is far too weak to create a giant, heavy robot.
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Is making Jaeger 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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Is there a giant robot?

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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Can mechs be 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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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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Does Japan have giant robots?

Gundam, the iconic, giant humanoid robots that exploded in popularity in the world of anime have now stepped from the screen into reality.
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Is Japan building a real 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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Why did Japan build a giant robot?

As New Atlas and other blogs reported, the West Japan Rail Company, also known as JR West, is now using a humongous Gundam-style robot to fix remote railway power lines — and to make it even cooler, the robot is piloted by an actual human wearing a VR setup.
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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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Is Pacific Rim real?

The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.
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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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How much tall is Gipsy Danger?

According to Man, Machines & Monsters, stats card and character poster, Gipsy Danger stands at 260 feet and weighs 1,980 tons. Its blueprints states it stands at 288 feet and weighs 7,080 tons. Additionally, in chapter 1 of the novelization, Gipsy Danger is stated to stand 288 feet tall.
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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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How much does it cost to build a real Gundam?

Real Life Gundam Would Cost $725 Million.
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What is the biggest Jaeger?

Features. Cherno is one of the heaviest, oldest, and best-armored Jaegers, but also one of the slowest. It ties with Coyote Tango for the tallest height of a Mark-1 Jaeger.
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Is the giant Gundam 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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Can the Gundam walk?

It is a masterful piece of engineering though, as this new life-size Gundam effectively hovers mid-air and is supported at the rear with all manner of hydraulics and other equipment. Stored in a dock, the Gundam moves out and slowly “walks” forward, with its arms moving, to have its right-hand point to the sky.
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How tall is the tallest robot?

Since January 2020, Gundam Factory Yokohama has been building the world's tallest robot. Standing 60 feet tall (18 meters), the gigantic machine is currently under construction at the Port of Yokohama, just south of Tokyo.
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How tall would a Gundam be?

The average Gundam's about 18 meters tall, though I'm not sure if that's average height for a Mobile Suit overall. The barbatos is on the smaller side standing at 16 meters. And the Unicorn went up to 21m, the Reginlaze Julia to about 30m.
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How much is a life size Gundam?

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Are gundams super robots?

No, they are not. Gundams are part of the mecha subgenre, Real Robot. Meanwhile, Transformers fall into the category of Super Robots.
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Can you buy a robot dog?

Chinese firm Unitree Robotics has also been at it for years, and this week revealed its latest creation: the Unitree Go1, a robust-looking four-legged bot that's remarkably cheap, with prices starting at just $2,700.
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Who is the biggest robot?

According to the Guinness Book Of Records, the largest walking robot in the world is reported to be Tradinno, a 15m-long dragon robot weighing 11 tons that was used in a German theatre for the play Drachenstich. Powered by a two-litre turbo diesel engine, it can breathe flames to a distance of 1.5 metres.
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What is the world's smallest robot?

Just 0.5 mm wide, the tiny walking robot developed by Northwestern University's Professor John Rogers and his colleagues can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump. Han et al. developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot.
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