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Originally coming from science fiction, the term is increasingly seeing mainstream non-fictional usage. This definition is not perfect: variants do exist, as these machines vary greatly in size, shape, appearance, performance and capabilities; from ones on wheels or treads, to submersible or VTOL-flight, to animal or insect-like shapes.
Z-Mech - Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2; Metal Gear robotic war engines - Metal Gear; BattleMechs - bipedal walker battle robots from BattleTech game series. Titans, smaller Imperial Knights and their counterparts of other races - Warhammer 40000; Heavy Gears - bipedal warsuits from a Heavy Gear science fiction game universe; Dreadnought ...
'Mecha' is an abbreviation, first used in Japanese, of 'mechanical'. In Japanese, mecha encompasses all mechanical objects, including cars, guns, computers, and other devices, and 'robot' or 'giant robot' is used to distinguish limbed vehicles from other mechanical devices.
This list of fictional cars contains either cars that are the subject of a notable work of fiction, or else cars that are important elements of a work of fiction. For the purpose of this list, a car is a self-propelled artificial vehicle that runs in contact with the ground and that can be steered. This would include passenger cars, trucks and ...
Mech Eagles from the novel Logan's Run (1967), robotic eagles designed to track and kill people who refuse to die at age 21; Richard Daniel, an intensely loyal, old, un-remodeled robot, belonging to one family for generations, in "All the Traps of Earth" by Clifford Simak. When the last of his entire extended family of owners died, after 200 ...
Maschinen Krieger (Ma.K ZBV3000), often abbreviated as Ma.K., is a science fiction intellectual property created by Japanese artist and sculptor Kow Yokoyama in the 1980s. It consists of an illustrated series, a line of merchandise comprising display and action figures of mecha characters, a 1985 short film, as well as an upcoming Hollywood-produced film by Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee.
Science-fiction, the early years : a full description of more than 3,000 science-fiction stories from earliest times to the appearance of the genre magazines in 1930 : with author, title, and motif indexes. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873384162. Bleiler, E. F. (1998).
A blue skinned humanoid race with hooves and horns, who arrived to Azeroth via their spaceships. They joined the cause of the Alliance in their new homeworld. Drell Mass Effect: A reptilian race from an arid homeworld. [2] Drow: Dungeons & Dragons: A dark-skinned humanoid fey race that live beneath the earth. Duergar: Dungeons & Dragons