A giant humanoid robot developed by robotics company 'Man-Machine Synergy Effectors', West Japan Railway Company and Nippon Signal, was shown to visitors at Japan Robot Week on Sep. 18.

The robot is modeled after a figure in “Mobile Suit Gundam,” a Japanese cartoon first launched in the late 1970s about enormous battle robots piloted by humans. The series spawned multiple spin-offs ...

Team U.S.A. toppled Japan at the first-ever giant fighting robot showdown. American robotics company MegaBots and its Japanese rival, Suidobashi Heavy Industries, fought for technological ...

That's why MegaBots launched an online Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $550,000 US from robot fans to turn the Mark II into a real fighting machine — faster, tougher, more balanced and ...

A robot called Monster Wolf, equipped with sensors that can detect bears or vermin, is installed in an effort to scare away bears that have become an increasingly dangerous nuisance in the ...

It’s on! Giant Japanese, American robots to battle for robo-supremacy By Elton Hobson Global News Posted July 6, 2015 4:07 pm Updated July 6, 2015 4:10 pm 4 min read ...

Japan boasts the most sophisticated robotics in the world, but because of its “manga” culture, it tends to favor cute robots with human-like characteristics with emotional appeal, a use of ...

Wearing American flags as capes, MegaBots co-founders Matt Oehrlein and Gui Cavalcanti issued their challenge to Japanese robot maker Suidobashi in a video posted to YouTube. "We have a giant robot.

Back in 2015, American startup MegaBots Inc challenged Japanese company Suidobashi to a Giant Robot Duel--a knock-down dragout, totally-not-staged fight between the US and Japanese robot teams.