Motion Capture Mecha: Difference between revisions

 

[[Powered Armor]] or [[Mini-Mecha]] may also use the second type to read the operator movement; this is closer to the "hard" end of the [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* [[Mini-Mecha|Landmates]] in ''[[Appleseed]]'' move their arms and legs like this: The thighs/upper legs are oversized to fit the operator's legs, while their arms fit in a pair of small "Master" arms in the mech's chest, which the larger "Slave" arms copy the movements of.

* ''[[Daimos]]'' is the very 1st one to have this in Anime, despite Kazuya sitting on the cockpit. Only the arm movements are copied, but how does the leg movements get copied too?

* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'': Piloting a Guymelef was done by moving inside a special harness placed within the chest.

* The Nirvash's final form in ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' mimics the pilot's movements. It even helpfully levitates them while flying.

 

== Comic Books ==

* In ''[[Incredible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]]'' #275 a new villain named Blackbird breaks into Gamma Base and finds a bunch of discarded, never-used weapons. She's there at the behest of her employer ( {{spoiler|the Leader}}) but can't resist using a Motion Capture Mecha called Megalith which uses brainwaves to move against the Hulk. Turns out there's a reason it's been scrapped without being used: there's mental feedback so that any damage infliced on the mecha is felt by the operator. Oh, and the Hulk bashes it to pieces.

 

== Film ==

* The [[Mini-Mecha|AMP suits]] in ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' work this way, most noticeably when Quaritch is first seen piloting one. He points at Jake; the suit does the same. The arms, hands and upper body are controlled directly from the driver's, including giving feedback against the limbs to represent resistance encountered. Walking and other movements are controlled partly via footpedals though - it is said that while it is very easy to learn the basics, operations such as getting up from a prone position take a lot more practice.

* [[Megamind]]'s giant robot has a huge open cockpit with his "Black Mamba" costume doubling as a mocap suit.

* Appears in the film ''[[Real Steel]].'' While most robots are remote-controlled (or voice operated), Atom is equipped with a program called "Shadow Mode," which allows him to perfectly mimic a person's movement. {{spoiler|Charlie later uses the Shadow Mode to help Atom fight against World Robot Boxing champion Zeus when the former's voice command receptor is damaged.}}

* ''[[Robot Jox]]'' features giant robots whose pilots' movements are mimicked by the robots, thanks to their special suits.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'': Ryuuseioh, being one of the lightest Sentai mecha ever, follows Ryu Ranger's movements. Even better, it's apparently the face actor in the Ryu Ranger suit for these scenes (and visibly fills the suit out differently).

* ''[[Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger]]'': Like its PR counterpart, all the mecha in the series function like this. Notably, GekiTohja and GekiFire require the movement of three pilots in unison.

* ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Fire]]'' has X Dragon Robo. It actually has its own AI and can fight well enough on its own, but it goes into mo-cap mode when doing its [[Finishing Move|Final Rescue]]. Its combination with Fire Dragon, Rescue King, actually is piloted by Fire-1 X, and is a true mo-cap mecha.

 

* ''Super Robot Wars'':

** ''[[Super Robot Wars 3]]'': Lune's Valsione. The mechas face even mimics its pilot. It is, of course, a giant [[Robot Girl]] of some sort.

 

== Web Original ==

* The eponymous ''[[Ilivais X]]'' has the pilot suspended from retractable cables on all four limbs, which also detect the wearer's movements. This is also aided by a thought control system that involves projecting one's soul into the machine. The other Ilivais units made by the Gaia Forces (aside from the Sho) are outfitted with this same system.

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Megas XLR]]'': One of the various alternate modes of control of Coop's giant robot which resembles a DDR dance pad with gloves. Given how incredibly out-of-shape Coop is, it doesn't work for long, which is probably why Coop made it the backup control system. It does manage to work well enough to buy Kiva time to fix the primary system.

* The second half of ''[[Batman Beyond]]'s'' pilot episode had a lifting arm operated by a guy in the cockpit wearing a two-fingered mechanical glove. The [[Humongous Mecha]] Willy Watt takes over later in the season straddles the line between this and thought-control: the normal version is pure mo-cap, but after Willy is mentally linked to it, it does a lot more than Willy's equivalent motion.