Do it Yourself Mecha...

Courtesy of Wired, comes the story of the man who, to raise interest in robotics, is building a real-world giant robot.  Well, he's actually building a real-world "kind of medium size" bot, but he did come up with plans for a 60' one.

So why am I, who is known as a major critic of the idea of giant robots, posting this?  Mainly for the poster- which shows some of the complexity inherent in a giant robot: if you're having to have seven gas turbines and 30 superconducting motors is necessary just to start getting the thing to move, then it might just be easier to go with a tank.