Which Nation will be the first to build a real-life Mecha?

You make a good arguement, but i think it would be made by a multi national consortum of japan and the us. because of the fact the only country with the ability to retrive helium 3 from the moon in quanity is the us. japan has the expertise in robotics. and both have the industrial might and money to undertake the project

USA is really not going to be first if you ask me.

While Russia sounds verry realistic regarding the development i doubt that they will actually be the first as they do not work on such project.

Japan is right now the most advanced in the development of robotics. They have they´re own project regarding the development and they also have t3h brains for it. So my opinion is that Japan will actually be the first one that will develop the first RL Mecha.

I guess it most likely would be Japan, right?
I remember there was a topic about that before.

I totaly agree with both of you, but i don't think they can do it without logistical or material support from the us. There is no doubt that Japan is way ahead of any other country in robotics. And Besides they invented the mobile suit idea in the first place. So it's only natural that they create the first real life one.

The most likely canditade has to be Japan, maybe backed by the US or another country, however we can't ignore another potency of the east, China, they have enough resources and people to be able to build mechs too.

Japan might have the knowledge, but China can also get it, once with the knowledge getting money and material should be pretty easy, and they do have large areas to use to build factories and bases for them, they have enough space to be able to build entire compounds with manufacturing and testing facilities.

That thought had crossed my mind as well. And being a communist nation they could do it weather their people wanted to or not. Also China is trying for a maned mission to the moon as well which would give them acess to the nessary material

Well what i expect would happen will be that the Japan will have their own first and then China wil buy their technology and modify it into their own generations which i could say that is something i really look forward to in the future.

Yeah that´s about it ....atleast we know who to fear xD

Ahh More reasons for China and Japan to blow themselves up. but look at the bright side. Maybe all of Chinas pilots will die of lead poisoning before they fight. :idea:

Japan and Russia.

Japan will provide the brains, Russia the raw materials.

The US, on the other hand, will be the first to roll out Powered Armor.

I have to agree that the US seems to be the one who would lead on the powered armor / power suits, but again Japan is the master when it comes to miniaturizing eletronic and mechanical parts, to make a good power suit the actuators should be small but very powerful, so Japan is a good bet on this area too. Let's remember that Japan have made working miniatures of cars and other stuff.

No wait... I thought the Japanese already have mechs and gundams hidden in the basement of high schools? In times of emergency, students will then pilot these mechs/gundams, with the school field opening up to reveal the launch pads. :D

Jokes aside, I believe a few mechs (prototype?) have already been developed, though they are not what we imagine them to be.

id say a us/japan combo. russia is in too much economical, political, and social turmoil atm.

as for a more smaller version i believe we already have a answer
https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=5585

Well, like I said.

The US already has prototypes for Power Armor. What we see in that video is the endoskeleton of powered armor. Once the damn thing works properly, Armor and decor will be added, giving us Mini-Mechs for Urban combat and Police work.

As for mecha prototypes, Japan has Pre-Alpha builds of Walker models.

This:

It's slow, bulky, and ugly as sin, but its there. And it is good.

There's also this thing, which claims itself as "The worlds first mecha111!!oneone!omgzorz1"



But I'm afraid that scrap pile could be made in my high school's metal shop. However, on a positive note, at least they have a skeleton sorta done. It won't work, seeing as how current tech will leave it shambling like a decayed zombie, but it's progress.

Japan would probably be the first ones, with North America providing support with resources (there is alot of oil in Alberta and alot of mines across North America)

That blue one/walker reminded me of Shattered Steel, a mech game, the first group of walkers are pretty similar to that one, sure we can tell that there isn't armor on the video walker, but is looking good, maybe with some sort of landspinner, wheels or tank like threads the mobility and speed of it could be increased.

The other thing that I noticed is the lack of a good weapon system, if you have to move the whole thing to just fire with another weapon, the system is faulty. Maybe with some better projected bases that could be controled and moved to alter the aim without having to move the whole mech.

Still is a good prototype, I fear the day when mechs will be easily manufactured, other than the armies of the world, crime lords all over the world will get their own army of mechs.

Well, actually, I already ha...

I mean, dibs!

*finally decides to unlurk and register*



We already got something that can be called a 'mech' in terms of ANime. I believe the US, alongside the UK and possibly Japan, in a multi-company/agency design bureau can perfect it. So far, Code Geass' timeline for their Frames seems logical. Though it made me think...if Japan was an industrial power...why didn't they scrap their Type 90 MBTs and made their own Frames, instead of being pwned by the Brits?

speaking of which in terms of technology development isn't tht Japan is taking the lead ? furthermore i think Japan is economically strong enough to build their own mech's but still now days is cutting the cost thats important and i am sure they will only produce mechs that are designed maturely and ready to be used