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Land Walker - Japanese Robot Suit

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Looks sort of flimsy.

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Hmmm, flimsy, yeah thats one word that comes to mind, the weapons when i saw that there more than just props, definitely reminded me of one of the later episodes of Junkyard Wars. htey had to build "mecha" to complete an obstical/shooting course.
The "walking remands of those little toy robots the shuffle on wheeled feet (infact thats exactly what it looks like)
Nice Effort though.
i'm curious as to excatly, what it looks like under the flimsy shell.

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Not even a walker- the feet never leave the ground. Still cool though.

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Giant Robot technology is indeed a growing field of technology, soon to reach new heights. Indeed, one could say it's a mobile field of science, which suits many different types of people.

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OK I can't take it anymore... Narf what in heck is that near unintelligble gibberish in your sig?

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That's the SEIV geek code.

There's a code decoder at Trooper's site to translate it.
http://diesel2035.free.fr/geek/geek.htm

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Yep, Geek below.

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I have a se4 code too http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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My code is somewhat old, though. And has a few that aren't in the geek codex, but can be worked out by looking at it.

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Okay, there's a Geek Decoder. Now, where do you find the code?

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The code:
http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/se4code.htm

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That is intriging. Think of the Ford Model T, the WW1 tanks and bi-planes, 1970's and 1980's computers, and of what we now have. Now look at current robotics and nanotech and think of where we will be. I imagine our MANY worlds AND stars beyond what many shows, movies, and games present.

-Wade

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That thing is crap. It doesn't even walk, it just kinda shuffles. Come on now, we have the tech to built walkers, we just need someone with the vision and the money to do.

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There's a more impressive walking system video on the same site, showing a guy being taken down stairs on a chair. Shifts balance from one "foot" to the other. A bit slow, and I think I'd want to be ready to jump out, but pretty fun to watch.

I still think walking tanks ("mechs") seem like a sci-fi tech which creates many more problems than it solves... it doesn't seem likely to me that it'd ever be a combat-efficient system. This demo video kinda helps illustrate that - "look, I'm precariously up in the air, struggling not to fall over, and a conspicuous target to everyone around me!"

I do wonder what the passing drivers were thinking! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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/me whaps Narf with a herring.

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Yaay! Someone noticed my bad jokes!

(Took you guys long enough. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif )

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I noticed, I just didn't comment http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Don't worry, your wit is appreciated by many http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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...I thought that was 'dreaded by many'? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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I got the joke too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

So, when are they going to build a Gundam?

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Forget the Gundam. Let's see them build Optimus Prime!

(Cause a sentient giant robot is always cooler.)

I was pretty sure somebody got it; I just expected more fish.

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That too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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In RL such machines would only serve as weapons of intimidation with no real benefit to any military application aside from fear managment.

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There is some advantage to a set of legs and arms on a battlefield:

Bad Terrain:
A man can climb a mountain. A horse, not so much. A car, even less. All land-bound military vehicles have some kind of terrain they must avoid; legs have less issues with many types of terrain, especially when they have arms capable of carrying the weight to suppliment on occasion.

Piloting:
There's less re-training to do when the machine is reading your motions directly off your limbs, and duplicating them near-exactly. In a car, tank, or aircraft, sure, you get the hang of the controls fairly quickly, and in not too terribly long, the vehicle is almost an extension of the driver - almost anyone could be walking around in a proper powered suit in no time flat. Shortly thereafter, dancing.

Moving Stuff:
Occasionally, awkward stuff must be moved. Sometimes, this must happen under fire. A good set of powered hands would do wonders for such things.

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Cybernetics has a long way to go before it comes anywhere close to matching the versatility of a real live human being. I have no doubt it will happen sometime, but I highly doubt it will be soon, and its uses would be somewhat limited even then; after all, you'd still need a human controller, so you aren't even reducing manpower requirements.

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@Jack: Yeah, but all of that is more than counter-balanced, in my opinion, by it being a big, huge target. However, I think miniture giant robots might work - Anywhere from ten to twenty feet.

However, giant robots measured in tens of meters are a bad idea, in my opinion.

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Mechas would be good for crowd control. They would be *extremely* intimidating to lightly-armed riotous mobs, (unless of course they pulled a Skywalker and tangled the legs up with wire=-) and their height would be an advantage, enabling the pilot to see the entire crowd and not just the front line.

*Stomp* *stomp* *squish* *squish*

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A rioting populace is only intimidated by armored vehicles until they get cheaply taken out by some improvised device or cheap portable anti-vehicle weapon, like the equivalent of 20th Century bazookas, RPG's, etc.

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To take out a mech, you don't need firepower - What you need is a rocket designed to push it over. Gravity will do the rest.