Take a Look Inside USA's MegaBot Mark II as It Prepares For Battle

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"For everyone who dreamt of sitting in a giant fighting robot as a kid, it is exactly as awesome as expected."

Remember how the USA company MegaBots, Inc. challenged Japan to a giant robot battle, and they accepted? Well, Mega Bots, Inc. is currently in the process of preparing for that fight, and they are raising funds to help get their robot battle-ready.

As they continue to work on it, Quartz visited them and shot a video showing us what it’s like to sit inside the two-story MegaBot Mark II giant fighting robot. They also conducted an interview with one of MegaBot’s founders, Matt Oehrlein.

As cool as this is, I'm pretty sure that Japan’s Suidobashi Heavy Industries and their giant robot Kuratas is going to kick MegaBot's ass. Hell, they are the ones who dreamed up these giant fighting mech robots in the first place! 

Regardless of who wins, it would still be pretty damn cool to sit in the cockpit of one of these things and play around with it. If you want to help fund MegaBot II prepare for the showdown, you can donate at this Kickstarter campaign.

For everyone who dreamt of sitting in a giant fighting robot as a kid, it is exactly as awesome as expected.