Japanese Robot Wars

[Flabio]

Download the mpegs on here (or just look at the piccies).

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004 ... oboone.htm

See, none of that wheels nonsense we have here...

[Patashnik]

Was just looking at those earlier on today - they maybe on the small side but they're infinitely more impressive/amusing than those found on our Robot (or should that be 'Car') Wars...

It's be interesting to see how these things evolve over the next decade...

[fro]

they must cost a lot to design and build, so you probably won't find many dads with their 9 year old sons entering anytime soon. why do they all look like transformers or gundams?

[asktoby]

Love the self-righting in the one on the far right in the vids

In 10 years time these things are going to have shoulder mounted weaps B)

[Darkflame]

I used to support Rex Garrard...or whatever his name was.
He was the first to have a "flipping" self righting system on the UK one....really nice design solution.
Everyone copyed him though, and seeing as he couldnt drive the thing to safe his life he never won anything..shame.

UK one is just so boring now...BBC did well to sell it to 5.
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What i really want to see though is a desert-based one.

Have absolutely no rules, humans in a bunker many miles away.
Aircraft...explosives...projectiles ^_^
Would be much more fun then even the japs.

[Stone]

Competitors in the UK competition get a massive weight allowance for a walking bot. The trouble is that unless the enemy bot is also a walker you'll have trouble with their massive mass and wheelbase (how cool to have a walker that could fling opposing bots about? )

Stone

[GodMedia]

Maybe this one has some sort of a fart attack system?

Or maybe it just a really nice butt?