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Now someone needs to hurry and invent a Getter Reactor - SilverFang01 - 04-13-2018
Japanese engineer builds giant robot to realize 'Gundam' dream
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-giantrobot/japanese-engineer-builds-giant-robot-to-realize-gundam-dream-idUSKBN1HK0HX
RE: Now someone needs to hurry and invent a Getter Reactor - Black Aeronaut - 04-15-2018
Hmmm... Still needs a lot of work. Also, not the first one I've heard of being built at that scale. I think there was one being built in a scrap yard somewhere in the America. But it's a start, regardless.
RE: Now someone needs to hurry and invent a Getter Reactor - Bob Schroeck - 04-15-2018
Very nice. Much better than the Pandora Utility Suits which Disney just revealed (for the new World of Pandora section of their Animal Kingdom park in Orlando):
Because, if you look carefully, you can see that it's really just a fancy stilt suit, and the operator's "legs" are just dummies.
RE: Now someone needs to hurry and invent a Getter Reactor - Black Aeronaut - 04-16-2018
I dunno, dummy legs aside, it seems to have much better locomotion. Though that's probably just because the smaller scale makes it easier to pull off.
Really, I think that what we need is a system that will take a basic input from a pilot, and turn it into this:
(Unfortunately, it seems Youtube has nixed the audio, because copyright trolls.)