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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the same spirit: I laughed at this and upvoted it, but I don't know what the square cube law is or what it has to do with mechs. I don't really understand the joke and I'm honestly a fraud for upvoting it and engaging with it, at all.

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

The square-cube law is the rule saying that if you increase something's size, its volume will also increase proportionally.

Ie: if you have a 1x1x1 cube it's volume is 1, but if you have a 2x2x2 cube it's volume is 8.

With mech design, making a huge bipedal robot means putting a massive amount of weight on relatively weak joints at the legs.

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