The future is . . . Gundam?

Shouldn't you be gathering tsundere lolis?

Honestly i am in the middle of a work break lol...

I'll show you a break.

Is that a whip i saw you holding ?

A horse riding whip, yes. *turns on porno music*

i still prefer Miku android to be my wife :) than a 10 foot fighting mech

http://kotaku.com/343557/the-price-of-making-a-real-gundam

http://bitter.swee.to/gundam.html

I think i am gonna sneak a hand grenade in the joints and see the firework display after that...

I don't really care about military uses. I mean it'll be cool to have weaponry like that, but I think we should be more concerned with non-combat uses, like making pizza.

To lure CC out of hiding to obtain mystical powers, right?

Absolutely

The problems with mechs that cripple the possibilities are

1). Movement. Its overall speed would have to max out around 55mph in order for it to effectively replace a proven weapons platform like that tank. Also how are the joints going to move? Hydraulics, pneumatics, etc?

2.) Balance. We're dealing with a machine and if it walks it needs balance. It also needs to be able to right itself in case if falls over or whatever.

3.) Power supply. For those living under a rock for the last 10 years. Gas isn't as cheap as it was in the 90's. By the time we get the other kinks worked out, Gas isn't going to be a viable and cheap power supply plus it just adds tremendous weight to the mech. In mech warrior they used a miniature nuke reactor. I doubt the military wants walking nukes in the middle of their formations.

Now, a powered exoskeleton is more applicable. Basically, a simple idea is a hydraulic system (I use the term loosely for a power supply than can add physical force) just needs to be able to respond to commands and just add additional power to whatever movement the system is attached to.

Probably, the longest winded post in this topic.

tl;dr.

Just kidding, I agree with what you said to the letter.

But, as others have said earlier, It just won't work until a couple decades later.

In our short history of 2000+ years on the earth, we have advanced very quickly come the onset of the 20th century. We managed to fly into the skies in a couple of decades, so I can see that we would be able to create robots and A.I.s that can act very human in the same amount of time.

I...I....I...I think I'm in love with you.

All and all to have mech exist whether is in battlefield or for normal use is gonna get quite sometime furthermore who know maybe we might get better things than mechs...

Blasphemy! Kneel before the power of the mech gods heathen!

*pulls trigger* *bang* *bullet hits energy pack and the mech god explodes* i wonder if i should ask the mech od if it has any last words...

I told them not to put the energy pack on the outside but, NOooo,..they wouldn't listen and wouldn't even armor it said it added to much weight. Cheap bastards.

Maybe they need really good engineers like yourselves...