1/31/2005: Alaskan builds mecha

Undertoad · 01-31-2005, 11:48 AM

Carlos Owens, Jr sounds like a driven guy, sounds like the sort of guy I'd like to hang out with. It became his dream to build a 18 foot tall fully functional bipedal humanoid mecha with flame-throwing arms. A killer human-looking robot that you sit in and control.

And so he went and started building it. So what if it'll cost him $20,000?

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Besides mild steel - stainless would be too expensive - 23 hydraulic cylinders are woven throughout, giving the mecha 46 possible movements. An 18-horsepower gas engine will provide the power and a car battery the juice for the computer, cameras, lights and sound effects. Fiberglass skin will allow the operator to stay fully hidden.

full story

Interview with the gent

Of course, the Japanese have already done it:

chrisinhouston · 01-31-2005, 12:20 PM

Hey, didn't Ripley have one of those machines in the second Alien movie?

helen · 01-31-2005, 01:09 PM

I think my kids already have the action figures for this one.

elf · 01-31-2005, 01:11 PM

Heh. As I scrolled down to the Japanese creation, my first impression was that it was standing there holding a pair of scissors. I had images of being attacked by a string of paper people. . .

Cyber Wolf · 01-31-2005, 04:03 PM

I want to see that thing walk and watch it handle obstacles. Then, if I like it, I'ma ask him to build me one!

Wombat · 01-31-2005, 07:10 PM

If it was worth doing, the US Army would have already done it.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-31-2005, 07:13 PM

I envy Carlos. He has a dream.

Sweets · 01-31-2005, 07:16 PM

Not only did he have a dream, he acted on it.

wah · 01-31-2005, 08:52 PM

I totally remember this guy from that Simpsons episode. Fire-spewing and everything. Even the crash up derby part.

capnhowdy · 01-31-2005, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Wombat

If it was worth doing, the US Army would have already done it.

Exactly....
as for the japs: Big dreams for small penises.
..........at least that's what Cum Soon told me............

York · 02-01-2005, 12:04 PM

Wooow cool, look out world, he will conquer you all!!

Wormfood · 02-01-2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

I want to see that thing walk and watch it handle obstacles.

I wouldn't be the first one to try out this beast.
I am concerned of this things balance... have a feeling
its hydralics isn't fast enough.

capnhowdy · 02-01-2005, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Wormfood

I wouldn't be the first one to try out this beast.
I am concerned of this things balance... have a feeling
its hydralics isn't fast enough.

Really.
from the fullstory link: [quote] Success hinges on finding a way to balance a machine packing 3,500 pounds per square inch. [quote]
He'd better have some hellacious hydraulics. And a fast computer.
I'm thinking maybe he should have designed it to be very wide instead of very tall........of course the training wheels should help.
Yeah, Right.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-01-2005, 06:50 PM

But it is bottom heavy like a Weeble, according to the link.

zippyt · 02-01-2005, 09:14 PM

A walking robot for the forrestry folks ,
http://www.plustech.fi/Walking1.html

01-31-2005, 04:03 PM	#5
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	I want to see that thing walk and watch it handle obstacles. Then, if I like it, I'ma ask him to build me one! __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

01-31-2005, 07:10 PM	#6
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	If it was worth doing, the US Army would have already done it. __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

01-31-2005, 07:13 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I envy Carlos. He has a dream. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-01-2005, 06:50 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But it is bottom heavy like a Weeble, according to the link. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-01-2005, 09:14 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	A walking robot for the forrestry folks , http://www.plustech.fi/Walking1.html __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-31-2005, 12:20 PM	#2
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Hey, didn't Ripley have one of those machines in the second Alien movie?

01-31-2005, 01:09 PM	#3
helen Pithy Euphemist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 19	I think my kids already have the action figures for this one.

01-31-2005, 01:11 PM	#4
elf Yay! We're Dooomed! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mostly: New York. Most Recently: New Jersey. Currently: Colorado Posts: 214	Heh. As I scrolled down to the Japanese creation, my first impression was that it was standing there holding a pair of scissors. I had images of being attacked by a string of paper people. . .

01-31-2005, 07:16 PM	#8
Sweets Because someone has to EAD Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cauliflornia, USA Posts: 35	Not only did he have a dream, he acted on it.

01-31-2005, 08:52 PM	#9
wah Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	I totally remember this guy from that Simpsons episode. Fire-spewing and everything. Even the crash up derby part.

02-01-2005, 12:04 PM	#11
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	Wooow cool, look out world, he will conquer you all!!

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