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  • This AR Robot Can Be Controlled With Your Smartphone

    This AR Robot Can Be Controlled With Your Smartphone

    Augmented Reality is the next big thing in the tech industry. Big tech companies like Apple and Google have already prepared themselves to invest big in AR. This new product, MekaMon is an AR robot which can be controlled with your smartphone. If you miss the times when battling with your friends meant playing Pokemon cards, then this new form of anime battle will definitely interest you. It is priced at GBP 299.95.

    Developed by Reach Robotics, the MekaMon is compatible with both iOS and Android devices, using the phones’ cameras and infrared sensors. The robot is upgradable and customisable with detachable legs, shields, and weapons. It has four IR sensors, so that it can measure distance and location and also accurately track and attack opponents. The robot connects to the smartphone app through Bluetooth, and other robots via infrared signals.

    The robot toy however, only has a battery life of up to one hour on a full charge.

    The MekaMon robot is more than just a toy, and has a story to give context to the game and the battles. MekaMon’s story is set in 2076 and follows Earth after an alien invasion, where humans are fighting back using the battle robots. Silas Adekunle, CEO of Reach Robotics said in a statement:

    We’ve created an entirely new video gaming platform. Players can whip out their smartphone to battle their multi-functional, connected battlebots in the physical and virtual worlds at the same time.

    How you play and control the MekaMon robot is fairly simple. You look through your phone’s screen to guide your robot and objects in the room like tables and chairs can be used to hide from attacks in the game. Reach Robotics has said that more add-ons will be available from the official website in the future.

  • Larger Than Life Robots to go on Battle in a US Vs Japan Fight

    Larger Than Life Robots to go on Battle in a US Vs Japan Fight

    This is the real deal for those who always wanted to see a duel between gigantic robots. It may become a reality within a year, it seems. And no, it is not for a new movie. This challenge has been put up by USA to Japan, which has already been accepted.

    MegaBots founders Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein, have issued the challenge to Suidobashi Heavy Industries from Japan through a video on YouTube. In true American style, the video is done teeming with full patriotism as the whole message borders on parody, in a hilarious way, of course.

    Suidobashi, we have a giant robot, you have a giant robot. You know what needs to happen. We challenge you to a duel.

    Suidobashi’s response to them is also clever and witty where the video stars the creator and founder, Kogoro Kurata wrapping a Japanese flag as a cape.

    However in a more serious fashion, the Japanese were apparently calm and collected in their response, stating,

    We cannot let another country win this. Giant robots are all about Japanese culture.

    The MegaBots Mark II robot is 15 feet tall, weighs 5.4 tons and carries enormous paintball guns that can shoot projectiles at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Meanwhile, the Kuratas is a 13-foot-tall robot that weighs 4 tons and is decked with diverse weapon systems, including a “smile-activated” BB Gatling gun. Kuratas is guided by one person while the Mark II needs a two-man crew.

    MegaBots’ primary challenge demanded that the battle should happen in one year’s time, and Kuratas replied by recommending that they even forego the cannons and punch it out in an old-fashioned brawl. Although additional specifics for time and location have not been released, let’s all pause for a moment and consider that the world we have been expecting is finally here.

    Let us compare the bots:

    Name: Mk. II

    Mk. II
    Designers:
    Location: San Francisco, California
    Debut: 2015, Bay Area Maker Faire
    Height: 15? (standing)
    Weight: 12,000 lbs
    Cockpit: Dual pilot
    Locomotion: Two tracks, from a CAT 289c skidsteer, one of the largest made. Legs are  A36 plate steel, lasercut and welded at the seams. 13 degrees of freedom across 20 hydraulic actuators
    Power: 24HP honda gas engine spinning a hydraulic gear pump
    Armaments: Arm cannons. The right arm can fire 3lb, 6? paint cannonballs at 130mph. The left arm has a 20x shot missile launcher, firing 2.5? circumference paint missiles 150mph.

    Name: Kuratas

    Kuratas

    Creator: Kogoro Kuratas, Suidobashi Industries
    Location: Tokyo, Japan
    Debut: 2012
    Height: 13.1? (standing)
    Weight: 9,900 lbs
    Cockpit: Single pilot
    Locomotion: Four wheels, each mounted to individual legs. 30 hydraulic actuators
    Power: Diesel engine
    Armaments: BB mini-gun shooting 6000 rounds per minute, water bottles
    Note: You can order your own Kurata mech suit from Amazon.jp for just $1 million.

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