Mecha - Wikipedia
WEBMecha are humanoid or biomorphic vehicles that are piloted and depicted as walking machines in science fiction. Learn about the history, characteristics, subgenres, and examples of mecha in anime, manga, and other media.
Advantages of reverse jointed legs in bipedal mechs?
WEBMay 4, 2022 · Advantages/disadvantages of such mechs aside, I wonder if there is a valid reason for a bipedal mech to have reverse jointed legs. As an example, think of an Atlas from BattleTech, with its regular jointed legs, versus a Daishi/Dire Wolf with "inverted" knees. Both are 100 ton mechs.
Hard-Scifi Bipedal Mecha : r/worldbuilding - Reddit
WEBApr 28, 2021 · Currently, I am making the earliest bipedal mecha for the developmental evolution of the Semideities, which are in limited-productioon exactly because they're bipedal mecha prototypes, so we can make excuses on how powerful they can be in small numbers (possibly around 10 units or so); plus, the …
Bipedal mechs vs quadrupedal or hexapedal tanks : r/worldbuilding - Reddit
WEBMar 7, 2024 · Bipedal mechs vs quadrupedal or hexapedal tanks. Question. The debate of mech vs tank has been pretty much concluded. Tanks are better than mechs except in specific circumstances where the terrain wouldn’t allow a tank to move. My question is. If you give a tank legs doesn’t that just get rid of the main benefit mechs have over tanks?
Will we ever pilot giant robots? - BBC
WEBJun 10, 2016 · When you have a bipedal system, like you would on a mech, much of its mass is concentrated in the two legs. That creates the “stiletto effect”, where all the weight is concentrated in a very ...
Driving An Actual Bipedal Mech Suit | Translogic 221 - YouTube
WEB4.4M views 6 years ago. We'll be honest, over the years on Translogic we've featured a lot of potentially scary tech. Like in many facets of life though, often the things that seem the most...
Quadruped Mechs VS Bipedal Mechs: Which is a better choice?
WEBAug 7, 2019 · Bipedal mechs have a niche - utility (think Powerloader) mostly and the smaller sort of combat mecha - think Landmate and AMP suit - but realistically, in combat appliances they loose out to spider mechs at the heavier end. Also, a quadpedal mech can carry weapons just as well. That's called turrets. Or gun arms.
Plausible Reasons for usage of Combat Mecha
WEBFeb 16, 2015 · What would be a good advantage in using a legged (not necessarily bipedal) combat mecha over using conventional tanks and planes? I don't need scientific reasoning (though if you have some that would be amazing), simply logistical or tactical reasoning would be enough. Some notes: The mecha should use legs to …
science based - Advantages of "Spider Mechs" over Tanks ...
WEBMay 14, 2018 · I've seen the discussion on how bipedal mechs are inferior to treaded and wheeled vehicles in almost every way. However, all of these questions appear to be related to bipedal mechs. I'm wondering if spider mechs have any advantages over the aforementioned normal vehicles.
In your world, why are Mechs superior to tanks? : r/worldbuilding - Reddit
WEBApr 3, 2016 · If your setting allows it, frontier fighting on unsettled or undeveloped planets would be an ideal place for bipedal mechs. A bipedal robot can be generalized enough that it can also work as a construction worker and thus contribute to building a …