Yup, shake my head, roll eyes, sigh… just, no:
[https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/18/giant-robot-fight-usa-japan-megabots/]
USA and Japan’s giant robot battle was a slow, brilliant mess
Team USA came out on top, but not before three rounds of action.
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I’ve written before about the current state of robotic affairs, and stunts like this just dropped the bar even lower.
AND… since that article came out a couple days ago, this one from today shows just how abysmal it truly truly was:
[https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/20/epic-live-giant-robot-battle-faked/]
This week’s ‘live’ giant robot battle was fake
This is a sad, sad day for us all.
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Yeah, guess I need to go watch ‘Pacific Rim’ again to cheer myself up.