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The makers of American mech “MegaBot” have challenged the makers of Japan’s “Kuratas” mech to a duel, and the challenge has been accepted. Personally, I would be all over this, but for one fact – there will be human pilots inside. For me, this moves it out of the exciting realm of Battlebots competition, and nudges it towards a gladiator type competition, using the potential for human injury or death as part of the lure of the show. I personally don’t think there should be human pilots involved because A), it puts people in danger, and gives the whole thing an exploitive, unwholesome flavor, and B) if humans were not involved, the fight could be as crazy as giant fighting robots should be.
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