Giant Fighting Robots, MegaBots Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA

**Airicist** · 12th October 2016, 20:56

How to design a giant robot

Published on Oct 12, 2016

In our previous episode, we tested our Mk.II robot and found that a pilot would die or get seriously injured in actual giant robot combat. Since we don’t want to die, we decided to make an entirely new robot from scratch, built for combat from the ground up! In this episode, we walk through how we’re designing the Mk.III - what will be a $2.5M, 10-ton, 16-foot tall combat robot - from scratch.

**Airicist** · 26th October 2016, 15:06

Test driving our custom tank

Published on Oct 26, 2016

Who do you call when you need high-power, custom tank treads designed and built in no time flat? In this episode we pay a visit to Howe & Howe Technologies in Waterboro, Maine. They’ve been very busy creating the foundation of the Mk. III and are ready to show us what they’ve cooked up. Watch us break in our brand new tank treads and start the process of integrating them into our brand new Mk. III robot!
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**Airicist** · 14th November 2016, 16:16

Testing real giant robot weapons!

Published on Nov 14, 2016

You can’t have a Giant Robot Duel without giant robot weapons! In this episode, we test five different weapon systems against a statue of our opponent (called KURATOS) to see what works and what doesn’t in a giant robot fight. Once we figure out our favorites and make a few tweaks, it’s time to build them into our brand new Mk.III robot!

**Airicist** · 14th November 2016, 20:10

Published on Nov 14, 2016

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**Airicist** · 22nd December 2016, 03:35

MegaBot Mk.III picks up a car!

Published on Dec 21, 2016

THE ARMS AND TORSO OF THE MK.III ARE DONE!!! We’ve been working hard on the upper body of the Mk.III, and are finally ready to test our new Heavy Lift Arms - by using the robot’s massive claws to grab and lift an entire car 12 feet in the air! Check out the raw power of a 350 horsepower, 16 foot tall robot whose arms can lift 2,500 pounds… each. Stay tuned as we build the legs and cockpit out next!

First Mk.III Car Lift (Behind The Scenes)

Published on Dec 30, 2016

We're starting another new series: Behind The Scenes! We love making our polished Season 1 videos, but sometimes we want to share raw, unedited cell phone videos of what making robots is really like. In this Behind The Scenes, we pick up a car for the first time - and everyone's terrified. Except for Matt, who wants selfies.

Mk.III One-Arm Car Lift (Behind The Scenes)

Published on Jan 6, 2017

In this Behind The Scenes video, you get to see what happened after we wrapped the Mk.III Picks Up A Car shoot. It turns out the robot can pick up the 2,600 pound Jetta one-handed! We had to slow the robot down a bit so we didn't rip the car apart again, and had fun spinning it around and dropping it.

**Airicist** · 13th January 2017, 16:14

Mk.III runs out of gas (behind the scenes)

Published on Jan 13, 2017

What happens when a giant hydraulic robot runs out of gas?

It gets real sad. It's like Mk.III was disappointed in us for forgetting to fill 'er up.

**Airicist** · 18th January 2017, 23:16

Giant knives on a giant robot (Simone Giertz collaboration)

Published on Jan 18, 2017

We finished the upper body of the Mk.III combat robot and decided to have some fun with it while we worked on its legs! We built giant, 8-foot-long, 500 pound steel knives for arms, and invited Simone Giertz (the Queen of Shitty Robots) to come pilot a gigantic version of her Chopping Machine. At the same time, Norm from Tested joined us for a shop tour!

**Airicist** · 18th January 2017, 23:24

Chopping vegtables with 8-foot-long knives

Published on Jan 18, 2017

OMG thank you Megabots you are the best. I can’t believe I got to do that. Every girl's dream.

**Airicist** · 18th January 2017, 23:26

How MegaBots is building a league of giant fighting robots

Published on Jan 18, 2017

MegaBots' creators want you to be able to one day build your own giant fighting robot. But how is that possible? Simone and Norm visit the MegaBots headquarters to learn how their latest prototype--now equipped with giant steel knives--is the next step to proving that the dream of making your own giant robot is real.

**Airicist** · 29th January 2017, 02:40

Guess the weight! (Behind the scenes)

Published on Jan 27, 2017

When we assembled the first shoulder of the Mk.III, we had a competition to guess how much it weighed. Guess how much you think this shoulder weighs, then watch this video!