World's Largest Machine Ever Built
Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider is the largest machine ever built by man. It was designed to study the most minute of things, subatomic particles. This collider accelerator has a circle of 27 kilometers and is buried 175 meters beneath the ground near Geneva, Switzerland. There are plans to build a newer, updated version that will be four times larger.
Giant Bucket Wheel Excavator The mighty Giant Bucket Wheel Excavator is the world's second-largest machine, Bagger 293. This is a titan amongst giants. It was built in Germany in 1995. The whole thing stands at 96 meters tall and is 225 meters long. It also weighs in at an astonishing 14,061 tonnes.
Big Bertha Bertha is the world's biggest tunnel-boring machine. She dwarfs any of her competitors with a total length of 300 feet and five stories high. She is a massive 7,000-ton machine that must be shipped between work sites. Her 17.5-meter diameter could easily swallow the world's second-largest borer.
The Prelude The arrival of "The Prelude" has forced "Emma Maersk" into second place for the biggest ship. She took to the water for the first time in South Korea. "The Prelude" isn't technically a ship per se, but rather a floating natural gas facility.
World's biggest motorbike Built by Fabio Reggiani, this mega bike stands 5 meters tall and weighs 5.5 tons. This is the biggest two-wheeled vehicle to ever travel at 91 meters. It even features some very extended handles and a 5,000 cc 5.7 liter V8 Chevrolet engine with a 3-speed transmission.
Biggest remote-controlled robot Oh, hell yeah, now we're talking. Germany’s Zollner Elektronik AG spent six years with a 15-man team to design the biggest remote controller robot ever. The dragon was designed to replace the mechanical star of Germany’s favorite play, “Drachenstich.” It stands at 4.5 meters, weighs 11 tons, and breathes fire.
The Stratolaunch The Stratolaunch was revealed by Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen before his untimely death in 2018. This monster has a wingspan of 117 meters and weighs 580 tons. She needs a total of six engines to get off the ground. She has been designed to launch rockets into space from the air, hence the name. What a beauty.
The Belaz 75710 This entry on our list of the biggest machines is a real monster. Powered by a hybrid diesel engine, The Belaz 75710 was built for one task only - moving a lot of earth and rubble. Its two sixteen-cylinder engines provide the beast with 13,738 pounds of torque. That's more than the combined power of seventeen heavy-duty pickup trucks.
Conveyor Bridge F60 This monster is the world's biggest conveyor bridge. Her entire structure is something to behold, measuring 502 meters long, 202 meters wide, and 80 meters in height. It weighs in at about 11,000 tons. This beast was built in East Germany in 1991 by VEB TAKRAF Lauchhammer.
World's biggest telescope FAST or Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope is a radio telescope that can be found in China. She is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression in Pingtung County in SW China.