It’s the moment robot fan boys have been waiting for. American firm MegaBots, which builds giant fighting robots, is gearing up for an epic battle against a creation from its Japanese rival ...

Back in 2015, a team of American engineers, under the MegaBots moniker, challenged their Japanese counterparts, named Suidobashi, to a giant robot mega-battle. The Americans wanted to pit their ...

MegaBots’ Mark II robot weighs some 5,400 kg, is piloted by a team of two and moves around on tank-like tracks. Its cannons can fire 1.3-kg paint balls at 161 kilometers per hour.

Two gigantic robots will battle each other Gundam -style for our amusement — and it will be streamed. On Oct. 17, the colossal robots Eagle Prime and Kuratas will meet in a violent duel.

So is it time for the world to enjoy giant robot battles? Hardly. But it's still good fun, but only if you're just watching from YouTube.

They needed a new robot. Their Mk.II robot had been deemed “unsafe for hand-to-hand combat.” The upcoming encounter would have killed or seriously injured the human operator.