US's Eagle Prime beats Japan's Kurata in giant robot fight
US and Japanese robot firms went head to head in a battle of the bots recently streamed online, with the US's Eagle Prime emerging victorious against the Kurata robot. The match, which pitted California's MegaBots  against Japan's Suidobashi Heavy Industries, came two years after the gauntlet had been thrown down by the US company. It is hoped the clash will pave the way for a fighting robot league and the creation of a billion-dollar sport. Eagle Prime weighs 11 tonnes, is 16-foot tall and is powered by a 430hp V8 engine.

Team U.S.A. toppled Japan at the first-ever giant fighting robot showdown.

American robotics company MegaBots and its Japanese rival, Suidobashi Heavy Industries, fought for technological superiority in a battle that was streamed online Tuesday evening.

In the first round, Suidobashi's Kurata robot effortlessly knocked out an older MegaBots robot with a single punch, giving the Japanese team a decisive edge.

But the main fight, between the Kurata and MegaBots' new multi-million dollar, massive Eagle Prime, ended in favor of the Americans.

Eagle Prime, bigger and heavier than the Kurata, produced a chainsaw that systematically took out the Japanese robot until the match was ended and the winner announced.

The MegaBots team expressed hope for a formal fighting robot league in the future after the match.