MegaBots Giant Robot Duel

F8 giant-mech boundary: real machine-v-machine spectacle, but cockpit-piloted vehicle-scale mechs fail the humanoid/biped ontology.

PROVISIONAL DISPLAY ROLE

HOLD / UNRESOLVED

LOCATION

Oakland / San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA · historical

RELATIONSHIP CHAIN

MegaBots, Inc. | MegaBots (independent operating company; no higher parent organization identified)

VERIFICATION STATUS

IDENTITY_ONLY

SOURCE COUNT

PRIMARY URL

https://megabots.com/

Office and location evidence

Address availability

No address supplied in this handoff

Unresolved · Reviewed 2026-10-28

The handoff groups this entity under historical or non-bipedal activity but provides no individual location evidence. Existing identity and combat classification are retained.

Source: supplied research handoff, October 28, 2026. No supporting URL supplied.

Robots, people and rules

People and operator roles: Gui Cavalcanti; Matt Oehrlein; Suidobashi team
Chronology: QUALIFYING RvR: NONE · BOUNDARY OCCURRENCE: 2017-09 Giant Robot Duel · F8 FAIL_GIANT_MECH_OR_VEHICLE; exact filming day unresolved
Robot platforms: ONTOLOGY FAIL · F8 FAIL_GIANT_MECH_OR_VEHICLE · giant cockpit-piloted mechs / vehicle-scale machines, not biped humanoid sport
Human control: Cockpit pilots · VR: NO
Control hardware: Cockpit controls
Control software: Hydraulic / vehicle-control systems
Rules and actions: Giant-mech impacts; melee + projectile systems
Purpose and scope: F8 giant-mech boundary: real machine-v-machine spectacle, but cockpit-piloted vehicle-scale mechs fail the humanoid/biped ontology.