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CONTRIBUTORS
If you could pilot any
robot/mech, real or
imagined, what would it
be and why?
Brandon Bennett
Young
Bowie, MD
(Build Your First Combat
Robot)
I would pilot the Battlebot
“Hydra.” I would love
sending things flying
with it!
Caleb Kodama
Pasadena, CA
(Sick Sniffer)
I’d pilot a Titan from the
game Titanfall. They are
the best versatile mechs
for medical, farming and
warfare applications.
Lucy Du
Cambridge, MA
(The Roboteers)
Iron Man suit. As a
designer and builder of
high-tech prostheses, it
would be awesome to pilot
the ultimate high-tech
prosthesis.
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