Japan and America agree to put giant fighting robots into battle
Japan's Suidobashi accepts MegaBots' challenge of a duel, paving the way for robot wars on a grand scale
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By James Titcomb
3:32PM BST 06 Jul 2015
It's the moment we've all been waiting for: two giant fighting robots - one Japanese and one American - will square off in a melee one year from now.
That is, if the robots' two owners keep their word.
Last week, MegaBots, an American engineering company, challenged Japan's Suidobashi Heavy Industry to a duel.
The battle would pitch the 12,000 lbs (850-stone) MegaBots Mark II against Suidobashi's Kuratas, which weighs 9,000 lbs.
Now, Suidobashi has responded, saying it accepts the challenge - on one condition.
Kogor Kurata, Suidobashi's founder and chief executive, posted a response on YouTube, saying his robot would fight, as long as the fight was hand-to-hand.
"Just building something huge and sticking guns on it. It's... super American," he said.
