IRL Mechs! At last!

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Army Mechanic's Garage Tinkering Yields 18-Foot Mecha Exoskeleton | Popular Science



Owens, 31, began building an 18-foot-tall, one-ton prototype at his home in Wasilla, Alaska, in 2004. Working without blueprints, he first built a full-scale model out of wood. Moving on to steel, he had to devise a hydraulics system that would provide precisely the right leverage and range of movement. He settled on a complex network of cables and hydraulic cylinders that can make the mecha raise its arms, bend its knees, and even do a sit-up.



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I want one.
 
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Voltron, Defender of the Universe!
 
i kinda halfway built one in metal shop last year using a lawn mower motor and a simple hydraulics system where we could move about an an inch every 20 secs, didnt pan out so well because my friend Tuggs made a catapult and we launched junk at me



and it wasnt that tall either, about 5'11"
 
Deadhed said:
i kinda halfway built one in metal shop last year using a lawn mower motor and a simple hydraulics system where we could move about an an inch every 20 secs, didnt pan out so well because my friend Tuggs made a catapult and we launched junk at me



and it wasnt that tall either, about 5'11"



ROFL that was awesome, just made my day.
 

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