These guys are pushing for World War III against Japan — with giant fighting robots
Albert Einstein once said he doesn't know "with what weapons World War III will be fought," but he wasn't around at a time when Americans were building giant robots to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Roughly one year from now, a giant robot duel will be taking place between Japan and the USA — if the three-man team of Americans at MegaBots can raise enough money through their Kickstarter campaign. The campaign comes just over a month after Japan accepted a challenge from Team USA, which shot a hilarious video that got more than five million views.
Fortunately it won't be a real-life World War III, but it will certainly be entertaining. As the team highlighted in their challenge video and elsewhere, the robots need some modifications to be able to fight — and upgrades to a 15-foot-tall, 12,000 pound robot don't come cheap.
From the Kickstarter:
We are MegaBots, Inc. We challenged Japan to a giant robot duel, and they accepted... but demanded that the fight include hand-to-hand combat. We say BRING IT ON. We've assembled an incredible team of patriots to help us upgrade the Mk.II into the robot America deserves in the world's first giant robot fight, but we need your support to help pay for those upgrades!
The MegaBots team was founded by Gui Cavalcanti, Matt Oehrlein, and Brinkley Warren, and it's backed by many others, like Autodesk, a number of robotics engineers, and the creators of the television show BattleBots.
"We're building the science fiction sports league of the future, one giant robot fight at a time," said Gui Cavalcanti, CEO of MegaBots, in a statement.
You can check out the Kickstarter here