Photo Courtesy of Kickstarter & MegaBots Inc.
MegaBots Inc. created a 15 foot tall, two manned, long range paintball firing robot named the MK II. They had no one to play with, so they called out the Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry, makers of the Kuratas. The Kuratas is a single manned robot, coined "the world's first giant boarding robot", equipped with a BB Gatling cannon, water bottle launcher, and firework shooter.
MegaBots Inc. instigated a battle via YouTube earlier this year, the video went viral and Suidobashi Heavy Industry had to answer back! CEO Kogoro Kurata of SHI accepted with his own video, proclaiming that there needs to melee combat to call it a real dual, lastly he stated that MegaBots organize the dual and the Kuratas will be there! MegaBots Inc. fired back by launching a Kickstarter this week. Claiming they need to upgrade the MK II with speed, self balancing technology, better armor, make it hand to hand combat ready, and a movie quality paint job!
MegaBots Inc. assembled an amazing team of intelligent and creative advisers. Grant Imahara from Mythbusters and ILM, Peter Diamandis of X-Prize, Trey Roski & Greg Munson the founders of BattleBots, and lastly a sponsor by Autodesk!
Fund the project now on Kickstarter! Check out all the videos below!
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