Is Pacific Rim robot 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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Are Battle mechs possible?

Weisman envisioned the Battletech mechs being powered by a fusion reactor, but given that current fusion reactors are about the size of a warehouse, this is unlikely. Those in Pacific Rim used conventional nuclear (fission) reactors, which do provide a high power output, but there would be concerns over safety.
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How long would it take to build a Jaeger?

Instead, new Jaegers would appear in the sequel. According to Stacker Pentecost, Mark-1 Jaegers took a total of fourteen months to build. The Defense Corps' haste, however, resulted in poor or no radiation shielding which puts the pilots in extreme risk of radiation poisoning.
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Do mechs exist in real life?

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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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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Does Japan have mecha?

In Japan, "robot anime" (known as "mecha anime" outside Japan) is one of the oldest genres in anime. Robot anime is often tied in with toy manufacturers. Large franchises such as Gundam, Macross, Transformers, and Zoids have hundreds of different model kits.
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What is the tallest 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. Visually, Cherno Alpha was designed and patterned to resemble "Russian military painting schemes" and in particular, Russian tanks.
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Who is the strongest Jaeger?

Piloted by the father and son duo Herc and Chuck Hansen, Striker Eureka is the strongest and fastest Jaeger currently in the field of combat against the Kaiju. It is also the first and only Mark-5 Jaeger, holding the best stats of all currently deployed Jaegers.
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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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Is giant robots possible?

This principle also means that a giant human-shaped robot would certainly be stronger than a regular human in terms of the amount of mass it's able to lift, but with regard to its own body mass the giant robot is actually weaker. None of this is to say that giant robots are necessarily impossible.
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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 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 is 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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Is Pacific Rim 3 coming?

Warner Bros. and Legendary have announced no plans for "Pacific Rim 3." That makes sense, given that "Uprising" did not perform particularly well critically or commercially.
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Who is Gipsy avenger?

Gipsy Avenger is a Mark-6 Jaeger and the namesake of Gipsy Danger. Prior to the reemergence of the Kaiju in 2035, Gipsy Avenger was stationed in the Moluyan Shatterdome.
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Is there a Mark 9 Jaeger?

Mark-8, Mark-9 , and Mark -10 Jaegers were the last produced around 2043 to 2050.
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Is Gipsy danger stronger than striker Eureka?

Gipsy Danger | Fandom. According to the wikia info, Eureka is the strongest known Jaeger but Gipsy Danger has about the same kills and was able to take out Otachi and Leatherback simultaneously.
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How strong is Gipsy danger?

At full burn in the clip, the jaeger Gipsy Danger's fist hits the kaiju's face not much faster than an average human punch, but velocity matters. If going 50% faster than a good human punch at the time of impact, the 1.5 million pound arm would be carrying 125,000,000 Joules of kinetic energy.
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Who is the shortest Jaeger?

Smallest is the long-tailed jaeger (S. longicaudus), 35 cm (14 inches) long. Intermediate in body size is the parasitic jaeger (S. parasiticus).
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Which Jaeger can defeat Godzilla?

He is 50m tall and not very big. But he cannot be defeated by any Jaeger because he has a built-in AT Field which prevents him from being damaged by any attack, and if you ever did manage to hurt him somehow he will instantly regenerate it. And that's just his defense.
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What Jaeger has the most kills?

Striker Eureka has the highest number of on- and off-screen kills with 11.
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Are mechs 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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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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Who built the Gundam?

Concept. Mobile Suit Gundam was developed by animator Yoshiyuki Tomino and a changing group of Sunrise creators with the collective pseudonym of Hajime Yatate.
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