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Humanoid Robot Combat in Japan

Posted by michael on from the gundam-coming-soon dept.

theluckyleper writes "New Scientist reports that the semi-annual Robo-One contest took place last week in Kawasaki, Japan. Humanoid robots (2 arms, 2 legs) battled it out one-on-one and in multi-robot brawls. The goal is to knock opponents over, or off of the combat platform. If a prone robot cannot stand back up in 10 seconds, it is eliminated. PC Watch (Japanese only) has more images and videos of the event."

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  1. Re:Standard dissapointment by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't think it's the AI that holds the balancing back, it's probably the servos and motors.
    As far as I remember they're not quick (responsive) enough (at least not for cheap).

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  2. One Must Fall by GlamdringLFO · · Score: 5, Informative

    This reminds me of one of my all time favorite fighting games, One Must Fall 2097. As the story goes, you'd have your brain connected to these huge (like, 90 meters) metal robots, which would duke it out in the arena.

    A punch connects! Wham! Sparks, nuts and bolts fly!

    Each different robot (there were about a dozen) had 'scrap' and 'destruction' moves, kinda-like fatalities. You could destroy your opponent in a shower of scrap metal.

    There's a new version out, apparently, called OMF: Battlegrounds (though I haven't played it). You can see the site here: www.omf.com

    I liked this game much more than Mortal combat or any of the other 2d side-by-side arena action fighters. I don't know if you can still buy it, but I'd still play it, if I could find disk 3 (of 5)...

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    1. Re:One Must Fall by GlamdringLFO · · Score: 4, Informative

      Sorry to reply to my own post, but apparently, OMF:2097 has been released as Freeware, and is available for download here: http://www.omf.com/faq/misc.html

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  3. Try Hajime Sorayama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may be interested in the art of Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama. While I'm not aware of any of this art that actually shows robots in the act of copulation, it's probably as close as you're going to get.

    Mods, can I get a +5 Informative for this?