Cool mechanical stuff

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-02-05 07:22pm

This is a short clip of Mark Setrakian showing off what Mechadon can do. My sister agrees it's cool and she doesn't even like fighting robots.

Video is in quicktime format, in case you couldn't tell from the address.

http://www.teamdelta.com/videodrome/mechadon.qt

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-05 07:35pm

NICE!!!!!

Thats just so sweet on SO many levels! synchronisation, fluidity, construction.. durable, elegant, and not kludgy O_O

ok, seriously, that thing is BEAUTIFUL. its fucking robust as hell and the computer controlling it makes me proud.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-05 07:38pm

Awesome

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-02-05 07:46pm

Nice...

When can I modify it into my assassin robot?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-05 07:56pm

i believe its Pointy Legs of Death already serve in the role of assassin.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-02-05 08:11pm

kojikun wrote:NICE!!!!!

Thats just so sweet on SO many levels! synchronisation, fluidity, construction.. durable, elegant, and not kludgy O_O

ok, seriously, that thing is BEAUTIFUL. its fucking robust as hell and the computer controlling it makes me proud.

Computer controlling it? Hate to break it to you, but every time I've seen that thing in action, it's been humans controlling it via remote controls. They're skilled designers and operators though, I'll give them that.

It should also be noted that Mechadon, while a real crowd-pleaser because it looks so cool, usually gets knocked out of the battlebots competition in the first round by the faster, more agile, and more powerful bots with more practical designs. You know, the ones with wheels...or treads...

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-05 08:17pm

humans? that explains the smoothness of its movements. lol :p

its still a nice robust machine.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-05 08:22pm

Still, I'd rather have a nice treaded missle-launching robot.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-02-05 08:24pm

That qualifies as neat and weird.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-02-05 09:27pm

Raxmei wrote:This is a short clip of Mark Setrakian showing off what Mechadon can do. My sister agrees it's cool and she doesn't even like fighting robots.

I never understood fighting robots. Me, I'd weight my robot down with
200 pounds of armor plate, give it steel treads, and mount a .50BMG
in a turret...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-05 10:16pm

MKSheppard wrote:
Raxmei wrote:This is a short clip of Mark Setrakian showing off what Mechadon can do. My sister agrees it's cool and she doesn't even like fighting robots.
I never understood fighting robots. Me, I'd weight my robot down with
200 pounds of armor plate, give it steel treads, and mount a .50BMG
in a turret...

GAU-12 firing sabotted rounds for me alongside the Javalins.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-02-05 10:20pm

Explosives are too dangerous, so they've been banned. Honestly, think about the insurance fees...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-05 10:24pm

Come on guys, play within the rules. You want a destructive robot? Check this bad boy out:

http://www.razer.co.uk

Razer rules. That claw is driven by a hydraulic cylinder which can apply 9 tons of force (yes, I'm using Imperial units because that's what everyone does for presses; sue me).

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-05 10:31pm

Someone want to help me add a remote control to this thing?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-05 10:33pm

I think you'd be slightly over the 240lb weight limit.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-05 10:47pm

Darth Wong wrote:I think you'd be slightly over the 240lb weight limit.

The smoke grenades should mask the few tens of tons margin of error in my calculations

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-05 10:58pm

Just slightly over.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-05 11:09pm

kojikun wrote:Just slightly over.

All depends on whose pound you use.

*Bribes Liberia, one of only three great nations to retain our great Imperial system, into redefining the pound be equal to 1000 kilograms*

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-02-05 11:13pm

Beowulf wrote:Explosives are too dangerous, so they've been banned. Honestly, think about the insurance fees...

Just have them watch from video cameras, sheesh....if I started a robot
league allowing 12.7mm MGs and 20mm main guns, I'd have so many
people lining up to pay to see it.....to see internal ammo detonations,
and rounds riocheting off enemy robots....

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-02-06 12:30am

Here's another video. It's team da Vinci testing out Moebius. Those guys must be suicidal standing in the same parking lot as that thing.

http://robotcombat.com/video_moebius_music_video.html

Warning1:This file is 6 megabytes.
Warning2:It is a music video.

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