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Written by Pat Devereux
There are a few moments in history where science fiction becomes science fact. Take the inventions of the aeroplane and the internet, for example. Both were unthinkable, or at least improbable, right up to the day that the inventors of each walked into their offices and announced: "You know that idea you said would never happen? Well, watch this"Standing here in a shabby, heavily graffitied tin warehouse in the cheap end of Oakland, CA, a few miles across the bay from San Francisco, it"s hard not to have the feeling that another of those watershed moments is upon us. It might look just like a supersized science project, but this 15ft tall robot, nicknamed simply Mark 2 as per Iron Man lore, is quite possibly the future of gaming and giant robotics as we know it.Photography: Barry J HolmesThis feature was originally published in the January 2016 issue of Top Gear magazine.
Date written: 28 Jan 2016
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ID: 1890
There are a few moments in history where science fiction becomes science fact. Take the inventions of the aeroplane and the internet, for example. Both were unthinkable, or at least improbable, right up to the day that the inventors of each walked into their offices and announced: "You know that idea you said would never happen? Well, watch this"Standing here in a shabby, heavily graffitied tin warehouse in the cheap end of Oakland, CA, a few miles across the bay from San Francisco, it"s hard not to have the feeling that another of those watershed moments is upon us. It might look just like a supersized science project, but this 15ft tall robot, nicknamed simply Mark 2 as per Iron Man lore, is quite possibly the future of gaming and giant robotics as we know it.Photography: Barry J HolmesThis feature was originally published in the January 2016 issue of Top Gear magazine.
Date written: 28 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1890
