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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Well, like others said there is the square-cube law, but that’s not the only reason.
– Small humanoid robots are not easy to build. They are expensive and usually great at only a limited amount of things. For example, most of boston dynamics robots are good at moving on legs. They have great equilibrium, can move in different terrain, etc. But they can’t relly lift much than small object, they have limited dexterity, etc.
– Almost if not all humanoid robots are just demonstrator, test, prototype. They exist to improve our know how and show to public/investor for companies to get more investment. Upscaling them to make mecha is just upscaling cost, with little demonstration that it would bring them more money.
– Mecha are not a good idea. People like them because they are cool looking and that’s why we see them in fictional stories, but in real life even if they would be cheaper, barely anybody would pay for them. They are simply almost always a better machine to do the job.
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