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[El Bandito]

Yep. Made a thread about it before. Koreans are straight up going for the bipedal route.

Probably gonna be piloted by a Starcraft champion.

Edited by El Bandito, 17 December 2016 - 08:56 AM.

[RestosIII]

So... any bets on how many years it will take for North Korea to try and copy the design, but with ropes and levers that the pilot has to pull?

[Snazzy Dragon]

That thing will have atrocious hitboxes and it'll be easy to headshot. DOA

Does the hero variant have ECM at least?

Edited by Snazzy Dragon, 17 December 2016 - 08:53 AM.

[Shiroi Tsuki]

Just look at those, unarmored and very exposed legs

[jss78]

Looking at the way that thing already moves (=astonishingly well), I have a feeling the biggest hurdle in getting "real" mechs will be developing an internal power source that the machine can actually operate on.

[Bombast]

RestosIII, on 17 December 2016 - 08:52 AM, said:

So... any bets on how many years it will take for North Korea to try and copy the design, but with ropes and levers that the pilot has to pull?

I'm reminded of the scene in Iron Man 2 where Tony Stark shows everyone what the 'Axis of Evil' power's attempts at an Iron Man suit look like, and the North Korean one takes two steps, falls down, then machine guns all the friendly soldiers standing around it.

Wish I could find a not ****** clip for show and tell.

Edited by Bombast, 17 December 2016 - 09:18 AM.

[cazidin]

That mech will need a LOT of quirks to be competitive, and even then the hard points will be too few and too low.

[Novakaine]

That's the way my IS mechs feel now.

[JediPanther]

I'll be worried when some one makes five robot quads or a stinger lam. Imagine if pgi were to get into weapons development. Nerf's stock would be worth billions and every one would be fighting like black friday at wal mart to get any thing nerf.

[Vonbach]

jss78, on 17 December 2016 - 09:16 AM, said:

Looking at the way that thing already moves (=astonishingly well), I have a feeling the biggest hurdle in getting "real" mechs will be developing an internal power source that the machine can actually operate on.

They could build exoskeletons back in the 50's. The main issue is power.

[Battlemaster56]

Wait ain't America and Japan already builds mechs already, com'on Korea gotta pick up the pace!!

[Vonbach]

We have robots that can walk and also experimental exoskeletons.
Just don't ever expect walking tanks.

[Vellron2005]

jss78, on 17 December 2016 - 09:16 AM, said:

Looking at the way that thing already moves (=astonishingly well), I have a feeling the biggest hurdle in getting "real" mechs will be developing an internal power source that the machine can actually operate on.

Yeah, I think the real engineering challenge is no longer the motion of the legs, but the internal power source.. We still have no batteries that could power such a large mech for any extended period of time..

[DovisKhan]

Vellron2005, on 19 December 2016 - 04:34 AM, said:

Yeah, I think the real engineering challenge is no longer the motion of the legs, but the internal power source.. We still have no batteries that could power such a large mech for any extended period of time..

Fusion reactors might be a thing in a very near future

http://gizmodo.com/m...re-t-1787891931


Unless they get tangled in bureaucracy and scientists got their funding cut, cause we "need" to spend money on some ******** ****, like 76+ gender acceptance, building a wall, subsidizing oil companies.. you name it. So much money is wasted that's beyond criminal.

[Radbane]

"Baby steps" I guess... litteraly =)

'Coz it looks something like this https://vimeo.com/26500378

[cazidin]

DovisKhan, on 19 December 2016 - 04:44 AM, said:

Fusion reactors might be a thing in a very near future

http://gizmodo.com/m...re-t-1787891931


Unless they get tangled in bureaucracy and scientists got their funding cut, cause we "need" to spend money on some ******** ****, like 76+ gender acceptance, building a wall, subsidizing oil companies.. you name it. So much money is wasted that's beyond criminal.

I think you may've misunderstood the engineering challenge. Fusion reactors will be nice, as power plants, but I don't see them being A. Compact enough to place in an exoskeleton or reasonably sized mech and B. Miniature nuclear bombs walking around? That won't raise some serious issues.

[GrimRiver]

I've made a post about this too, but it got moved.

https://mwomercs.com...1-manned-robot/

Edited by GrimRiver, 19 December 2016 - 08:56 AM.