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Re: Super Robot 12
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Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:26:58 GMT
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Well, I dont have too much to chime in, beyond that I definately liked
it, and I definately can imagine the awful theme tune engrish to go
with it all too well...
Its nice to see a robot with a real comical touch - for example the
fact that it couldnt be piloted, and is generally a bit gung-ho dim.
Nice simple and unsubtle colour scheme. In fact there is very little
at all that could be called subte about this one. Its also cool to see
this (if I understand correctly) has been built against the same
technomecha frame. It just shows the versatility of it.
Some amusing photoshopping gone in there too... Perhaps you could
combine this with the evil photos from the mecha temperature
experiments (they were quiet disturbing), to emphasise its microwave
melting capabilities. A sick puppy here -
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=37671 - left some pictures, sadly
they seem to have gone - but you could always contact the chap to get
another version posted... But let me assure you, there are ones of a
minifig slowly sinking into a flat puddle at around 120°C.
--
Danny Staple MBCS
OrionRobots
http://orionrobots.co.uk
(Full contact details available through website)
On 05/12/05, klaupacius <klaupacius@aol.com> wrote:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1513667
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Klaupacius/Teknomeka/tkmk42.jpg>
> SR12>
>
> (multiple images linked above, keep clicking "Next")
>
> Builders Notes:
>
> At one point I collected a bunch of shiny, black and rounded parts, because
> they
> had a unique shiny, black and rounded quality. It took quite a while to
> develop
> a mecha skin design that did them justice. It's a lot easier to make a large
> angular mecha than a rounded one. This one is halfway between round and
> angular
> - roundular. It evokes the super robots of the 70's.
>
> Pseudo Reality:
>
> Super Robot 12 seems to be somewhat of a retro style machine, but this belies
> its true sophistication. Its primary weapon, a chest mounted High-Powered
> Microwave (HPM) beam (juiced up with superconducting components and a nuclear
> power core), gives it far more versatility than conventional weapons.
>
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1513702>
>
> Unruly mobs rioting in your cities? Use low power microwaves to disperse them
> with painful, but minor, skin burns, or insidious psychotronic
> effects.Terrorists lobbing mortar shells and rockets over your
> borders?Detonate
> them harmlessly in the air, then irradiate the launch sites to take out the
> belligerents. Cruise missiles, smart bombs? Fry their electronics at long
> range,
> explode them at close range.
>
> But destruction isn't all you can do. You can also bombard computers with
> modulated signals carrying control viruses. Take command of any computer
> guided
> machine, and therefore any enemy robot or weapons system. Turn the enemy's own
> weapons against them, then cook up a batch of microwave popcorn and watch the
> battle from the sidelines. You could even pre-empt a war by destroying the
> enemy's economy and means of production - simply a matter of taking down all
> their computers with a maximum power microwave pulse, an easy afternoon's work
> for Super Robot 12.
>
> The robot is armored with reinforced composites, formed in large curved
> plates,
> providing ballistic and thermal protection without excessive weight, making
> the
> machine relatively agile.
>
> Since it was deemed too costly to create a cockpit environment that could
> protect the pilot against g-loads, Super Robot 12 has no cockpit, just a
> systems
> maintenance bay. The machine could be controlled from within the bay, but
> under
> combat conditions the pilot would be turned into a bubbling puddle of jelly.
> There is a floor grating to collect the residue in the event this happens.
>
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1513706>
>
> Super Robot 12 is semi-autonomous, responding to the vague voice commands of
> its
> human controller. Much work was put into making the machine able to resolve
> ambiguity and generally "do what I mean", figuring out for itself all the
> implementation details.
>
> Acceptable voice commands:
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> "Help those people!"
>
> "Protect the city!"
>
> "Defeat the enemy!"
>
> "Show them what you're made of!"
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> "Don't give up!"
>
> "Super Robot 12!"
>
> The last is a catch all, and the robot will interpret any situation based on
> past experience and do what you probably want it to do. (It's generally
> prudent
> to specify a verb, however.)
>
> K
>
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