The Medabot Metabee.
A Medabot, known as Medarot (メダロット Medarotto) in Japanese, is a mechanical fictional robot from the Medabots series. These beings are medium-sized (about 1 meter) self-aware robot companions developed by the Medabots Corporation. A complete Medabot is composed of six pieces total: four Parts (one head, two arms and a set of legs) attached to a Tinpet, and a Medal that is its brain. Due to their customizability by exchanging parts and to how easy it is to buy one at convenience stores, Medabots rapidly became popular with the boom of Robattles, a sport where these robots battle between themselves. Each Medabot has its own individuality, and each combination of their components affects the overall performance of the Medabot in a Robattle.
Specifications[]
Tinpet[]
- Main article: Tinpet
The Tinpet is the basic frame of Medabots, a metallic skeleton with Muscle Cables as the main component, enabling flexible movements and support for multiple parts with complex shapes. In addition, there are two types of models, male and female, and there are parts exclusive for each gender. The Medal and the four Parts are set on the Tinpet. The Muscle Cables were invented by Dr. Aki.[1]
Medal[]
- Main article: Medal
The Medal is a hexagonal metal that acts as the Medabot's brain. Each Medal has its own personality and they perform better or worse with different Parts. The Medal allows a Medabot to use the Medaforce.
Parts[]
- Main article: Parts
The Parts, also known as Medaparts, determine what the Medabot is capable of. In battle, it determines what kind of abilities it is capable of using and what kinds of terrains it can better navigate. There are four parts a Medabot must wear in order for it to be completely operative.
The head part is where the Medal is protected. So, if the head of a Medabot ceases its functions, the Medal will eject and the Medabot won't be operable anymore. In a battle, the head is the only one that posseses limited abilities.
The arm parts, left arm and right arm, determines the other two abilities a Medabot can perform. These parts can perform attacks as long as they're active, or not blocked by another Medabot's attack, and as long as the Medabot itself is operative.
The leg parts will determine how fast a Medabot is (even when this speed can also be determined by the part in use, for example, when a Medabot using a laser attack is charging). It will also determine in what terrain the Medabot moves better and worse.
For a Medachange to be performed, all of the parts must be operative or the Medachange won't work. Also, all of the parts must belong to the same Medabot model.
Engine[]
The power source from Medabots is the energy obtained by converting the heat generated when using an ability from parts with a device called "Automatic Generator" (オートマティックジェネレーター) and the energy obtained from solar power generation, allowing Medabots to operate semi-permanently.[2]
Armor[]
The armor from Medabots mainly use NFRP and Cyplasmium Alloy as materials, and nanomachines are woven inside. Due to the characteristics of these materials, Medabots have special functions such as sensory nerves and a self-repair system.[2]
- NFRP - Neuron Fiber Resin Polyester. A material that can reproduce sensations such as touch, temperature, and pain. Invented by Dr. Aki.[1]
- Cyplasmium Alloy (サイプラシウム合金) - Also known as Fiyun Stone (フユーンストーン Fuyūn Sutōn). A substance excavated from ancient ruins alongside the bodies and Medals from Medabots. Has the special property of becoming lighter when an electrical load is applied.
- Slough System (スラフシステム) - A system that automatically repairs Parts by using tiny nanomachines. Although they are limited, they can repair Parts in about an hour if they were damaged in a normal Robattle. In addition, Parts with recovery and regeneration functions promote repairs by sending signals to the nanomachines. Invented by Dr. Hushi.[1][3]
Limiter[]
The Limiter (リミッター) is a set of three laws that limit the behavior from Medabots. This was designed to suppress the mighty power of Medabots so that they would not cause harm to humans. The functions of the Limiter are attached to Medals and cannot be easily removed.[2]
- First Law - Do not intentionally injure humans.
- Second Law - Do not overlook humans that are in danger.
- Third Law - Protect yourself to prevent breaking, as long as it does not conflict with the First or Second Law and does not cause other Medabots to be fatally injured.
In Medarot 2 and its GBA remake, Dr. Armond attempted to remove the Limiter to show off how smart he was. Dr. Armond developed a special oil that can loosen the Limiter, making the Medabot's behavior similar to a drunken person. The doctor also removed the Limiter from his invention, Mega-Emperor, who went out of control and attacked his creator and the Phantom Renegade.
In the anime[]
In the anime, the Medals from Medabots are replicas of Rare Medals that were created by a super advanced civilisation called the Medalorians that lived on Earth in the distant past.
The assembly line from the Medabot Corporation can produce over two thousand Tinpets and over five hundred types of Medaparts per day. They can be mass produced with a very low cost due to being built with M Alloy (M合金 M Gōkin, said to be short for Medabot Alloy in the dub), a metal compound invented by Dr. Aki. Designed with the latest nanotechnology, M Alloy is as flexible as a human bone, harder than diamond, and contains built-in microscopic regenerators that allows Medabots to automatically recover minor damage, allowing them to heal themselves like humans.[4]
After the Ten Days of Darkness, every Tinpet now had a safety switch installed to preventt the event from repeating, and an emergency stop device able to cut the radio wave transmission between Medals and Tinpets was developed.[5]
Some elements from the games and manga are not mentioned in the anime, like the Limiter, which appears to be either absent or more loose, as Medabots are seen causing harm to humans. Excluding Medabots known to have Rare Medals, like Metabee and Rokusho, examples include Drakonfly in Skyward, Yo!, Sumilidon in Dance with the Mantis, Snowbro in Once Frostbitten, Twice Shy, and Whitesword in X-treme Measures.
List of Medabots[]
- Medabots in Medarot
- Medabots in Medarot 2
- Medabots in Medarot 3
- Medabots in Medarot 4
- Medabots in Medarot 5
- Medabots in Medarot DS
- Medabots in Medarot 7
- Medabots in Medarot 8
- Medabots in Medarot 9
- Medabots in Medarot R
- Medabots in Medarot Navi
- Medabots in Medarot G
- Medabots in Shingata Medarot
- Medabots in Medarot Dual
- Medabots in Medarot Girls Mission
- Medabots in Medarot S: Unlimited Nova
Gallery[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medarot 2 Core Japanese instruction manual.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Medarot official site
- ↑ Medarot manga chapter 11.
- ↑ The Spy Who Robattled Me.
- ↑ Altered States.