Over a year ago, American robot fighting team MegaBots challenged its Japanese rival Suidobashi Heavy Industry to a ruthless robo-deathmatch. As the showdown is fast approaching, MegaBots wanted to put its Mark II to the test and see how well the $200,000 battlebot will fare when the duel finally goes down. For its trial, MegaBots detached Mark II’s cannononball-gun arm and aimed it back at the robot to see whether the machine’s cabin is sturdy enough to protect its pilot from potentially getting blasted with a giant cannonball to the face. However, it seems MegaBots will have some more work to do: While the…

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