and while they do have supersonic speed and such, guys like Mecha Sonic alone are much, much faster and stronger. Iron Man has an armory at his command and a lot of battle experience. Megatron and Starscream are powerhouses as well, though not as much as Iron Man iirc. Mega Man goes without saying too. hence the IS team loses.
it's not the specs of the ISs that matter, it's how they're used. and while the IS team is skilled, compared to team robot, they're newbies. and Mecha Sonic is stronger than an IS, his strength and stuff is just downplayed. and even if the ISs are objectively stronger than just him, there's still the other members of team robot to consider.
can he lift 100 tons? no. however just because he can't lift as much as an IS supposedly can doesn't mean he can't hit hard, being roughly equal to Sonic, iirc. and also iirc, throughout the course of current Sonic games, the main hedgehog himself has destroyed a mountain with a spin attack and has also managed to destroy house-sized meteors in Colors. Metal Sonic is more or less around his level.
and assuming that the strongest forms of each character is being used here, then Metal Sonic (after turning into his powered up form, Metal Overlord) was strong enough to lift up battleships from Eggman's fleets and fling them around in addition to being such a powerhouse it took Super Sonic and his friends to take him down for good.
hell, even if it's just Metal Sonic in his normal form, his speed for one thing is greater than an IS.
and by your comment, you're probably referring to my comment on Megaman. depends on which version of Megaman you're using in this thread.
regular megaman.... as in the original, huh? well in that case, in terms of pure destructive power, Megaman is still nothing to laugh at, though his destructive capacity seems to outdo his own natural durability. not sure about his speed either. but the sheer versatility he has (all those abilities of his from defeating bosses) and his own experience makes him really damn tough.
and Metal Sonic, even in his normal form, is still much faster than an IS can keep up with. and what I said in my previous post regarding him in his normal state still stands.
yeah and her teammates are, just like her, nowhere near the speed of team robot, all of whom are at least hypersonic (with Iron Man in his current armor, Metal Sonic, Megaman, and the decepticons particularly standing out) and have way more going for them in the ways of armory. Iron Man can even hack other machinery like nothing so what's to say that he can't do the same to the ISs.
Because they can't be hacked. The machines bond to their user he would have to hack into their brains cause that's what their movements come from is the brain of the riders also if Laura stops iron man, Charlotte could penetrate his armor with her only close range weapon which is designed to penetrate all kinds of stuff.
Iron Man has hacked freaking alien technology before, you really think something like that is gonna stop him? and I'm assuming that both teams are going into this with no prep, so the chances of Laura targeting Iron Man first aren't particularly high, so no chance of Charlotte hitting him with her weapon. and considering his armor can take hits from guys like the Hulk, I kinda doubt her weapon would be all that effective in the long run.