I’ve heard building mechas is really difficult but there is no problem in building small humanoid robots (Boston Dynamics). So can’t we just upscale them and make mechas this way?

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I’ve heard building mechas is really difficult but there is no problem in building small humanoid robots (Boston Dynamics). So can’t we just upscale them and make mechas this way?

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Answer 1

There are *lots* of problems creating small humanoid robots. Boston Dynamics is just starting to create usable ones now, and the most usable is a dog shape, not humanoid. See this “fails” compilation for why we might want to hold off on making them any bigger – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TaYhjpOfo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TaYhjpOfo)