A sign that world will be all out mech wars soon.

[PyRo]

i could also ask what the point of a helicopter is when a jet can shoot it down without even being noticed. the role this would fill is already filled by a combo of tanks and helicopters. these would just be expensive and inefficient, not to mention slow.
im saying i agree... that was slightly incoherent though

Expensive? How many millions does a tank or helicopter go for? This is $20,000. I bet their is nothing in the Geneva convention about using huge nails for ammo :)

[matt-o]

that thing VS. an M-1 abrams the abrams wins due to firing range and movement speed, along with the fact that nails and flamethrowers wont do crap to a tank, in fact pit it 5 of them vs 1 abrams the abrams will still win. in fact, ill say same results with a WW2 era tank

[Will Wood]

You also don't use a shotgun to pick up enemies at long range.
Each weapon has it's own use; you wouldn't use this vs a tank...

[billybob_81067]

nails would go through a bulletproof vest though.... :)

[Trick]

Were this to be a fighting suit, it's role would be infantry support. It could be used to breach fortified positions with little danger.

Personally, what I want to see is the Berkeley lifting suit augmented with armor plating so we can roll out modern-day Space Marines ala Warhammer 40k.

[matt-o]

so is he gonna sit in the thing like in mobile suit gundam or stand in it like in aliens?
and trick i dont think there are any fortified positions anymore, if they are they are guarded by tanks and other mobile armored forces whick would turn this into mince meat, instead of fixed guns. they went out with the maginot line.

[Trick]

Tanks and such also turn soldiers into mince meat. This would add some survivability to them.

Granted, the suit in this state will never see military service. It either A: needs to be reduced down in size with no mobility hindrances for individual soldiers or B: made bigger, with much more powerful weapons ala Mechwarrior.

[PyRo]

Were this to be a fighting suit, it's role would be infantry support. It could be used to breach fortified positions with little danger.

Hey look, a 15ft tall robot, lets not shoot a rocket at it and knock it over.

[Repoman-gene]

Lets get these two morons together and have them battle! doesn't matter who losses..we ALL win.






looks like Troy has a new suit

[FromTheBack]

well, what about urban situations where the enemy is under armored like many situations with guerilla warfare? If they were produced in a government project Im sure they could be made smaller and sturdier, plus better armored and probably faster moving with a better balancing system. If there were a few of these together covering the others backs (which would probably be vunerable because of lack of being able to turn fast in tight quarters or otherwise) with more mobility then it would seem workable?Would be nice to have eyes in the back of your head, and with this you would. Possibly even a weapons tracking system with the video uplink/motion detector along with many other ideas out there. I know ultimately you cannot be as maneuverable as a human being in lighter armor but it could make progress to be something useful.

And also just to throw an idea out about the grander scale mechwarrior idea, I would think those would be really easy to trip up like the walkers in star wars or even a real world example of just beating on one of its legs with heavy enough weapons...Although mechs of that scale would be badass

[ScatterPlot]

One thing I noticed...

Standing in his parents' back yard...

Not that that's necessarily a BAD thing, but, well...


And 18 HP? What's that gonna do? That's like a lawnmower- this thing is gonna break cars?

And how is he balancing? I don't care how heavy the bottom half is, you're gonna fall when you lift one of your legs, unless you have a gigundimous (yes that's gigundimous) gyro. And to keep from falling, you would want a HIGHER center of gravity. Like try balancing a yardstick on your hand with a big ball of clay or something on top, then try it with the clay on the bottom. Way harder on the bottom. A low center of gravity might work for cars, but for something with legs you'd want a higher one so you'd have more time to catch yourself if you started to tilt over. And without a severe amount of feedback doohickies you're gonna have a real hard time with the whole I-move-my-arm-it-moves-it's-arm thing.