Read this article and you'll be one step closer to the universal human dream of owning a mech suit. (From 2021)
“Why do two feet suck?” asks Jon Pope, an industrial designer of heavy machinery. “Unless you put really huge feet on it, it’s flotation and ground compaction, really.” Few urban environments are built for the heavy, concentrated-mass steps of a mech like’s Liberty Prime—the pavement would collapse, and basements or tunnels would turn into massive potholes.
Pope sees three solutions to bipedal mechs in real life: massive shoes comparable to metal clown boots, multilegged mechs that look more like caterpillars or worms, or a mech with treads instead of legs. “Ultimately, I would argue, if you want a robot that's just going to destroy everything, I would build a giant bulldozer,” Pope says. He designs giant bulldozers for a living; the design makes sense.
, began designing the two mechs that his company built, his north stars were ones piloted in the 1995 computer game. Although the in-game mechs were bipedal, stability made him switch to treads, and his mech rocked a lot when he sat in the pilot’s seat. Starting up and driving felt to him like riding a rollercoaster or a carnival ride, and less like driving a vehicle. “The engine starts up and it just roars to life and the whole robot is shaking.
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