[Yaaarc] The Ann Arbor Hands On Museum can host our Sumobotcontest

[Jim Ronald]

Does anyone else plan to bring a Mini-Sumo to the competition.  I have a 
Mark III like mini sumo and the Flutterbots also loosely fit the mini 
category.  I don't think either one will do well against Rick's Sumos or a 
12" x 12" Lego sumo for that matter.  But it should be fun to see some 
smaller bot sumo.

Jim
---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Probert" <nprobert at probestar.com>
To: <yaaarc at yaaarc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaaarc] The Ann Arbor Hands On Museum can host our 
Sumobotcontest


> Way cool.  Count me in.
>
> Paul Haas wrote:
>> The Ann Arbor Hands On Museum can host our Sumobot contest.  We are
>> tentatively scheduled for Sunday August 19th, but that date could be
>> changed.
>>
>> The Museum employee has to check with her boss to make sure all the
>> details are ok.  So things might change. As of now, admission would be
>> free to contestants only. The audience will have to pay the usual
>> museum entrance price.
>>
>> Use of the space is not entirely free. It doesn't cost money, but we
>> will have to staff an information table to explain the rules, how to
>> join, how the robots work, how to build your own robot, etc...  In
>> other words, they're forcing us to recruit.
>>
>> On 6/6/07, Erik Kauppi <ekauppi at corsa-inst.com> wrote:
>>> Sounds good to me!
>>> Will the contest be at Corsa or elsewhere?  Either is OK with me, altho 
>>> we
>>> might need some help getting the place cleaned up beforehand.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------
>>>
>>> At 12:58 PM 6/6/07, Paul Haas wrote:
>>> >Some members of the now moribund Ann Arbor Lego Robotics club want to
>>> >have a contest.  I've got a couple 4 foot diameter sumo rings.  So we
>>> >don't need to do much prepwork for the contest other than get our
>>> >robots ready.  Reusing an existing contest means that we have a ready
>>> >supply of contestents.
>>> >
>>> >We can use their rules with only a few changes.
>>> >1. The requirements for Lego only applies to the Lego only class.
>>> >There is no RIS only class, they would compete with the other Lego
>>> >only class.
>>> >2. Bout start positions were revised such that the higher ranked
>>> >robot is placed anywhere in one half of the ring, then the lower
>>> >ranked robot is placed anywhere in the other half.
>>> >3. The module stuff was just confusing, and can be ignored.
>>> >
>>> >The important rules are: The robot most fit in a square twelve inches
>>> >on a side at the start of the contest.  It must weigh less than 2
>>> >pounds.  Other rules are at
>>> >http://24tooth.com/SumobotRules.html
>>> >
>>> >I'm thinking of holding the final competition on a Saturday or Sunday
>>> >afternoon in August.  At meetings we can have practice sessions, and
>>> >work on tuning and refining the robots.
>>> >
>>> >The sumo ring is a disk 4 feet in diameter.  The top surface is about
>>> >4 inches above the floor.  There is a 2 inch wide white stripe around
>>> >the outside of the circle.  The interior of the circle is black.
>>> >Robots can tell when they are at the edge of the circle with a light
>>> >sensor pointed down, or with a mechanical feeler.
>>> >
>>> >SInce the rings are 4 inches off of the floor, it is obvious when a
>>> >robot is out of the arena, because it falls to the floor.  So most
>>> >judging decisions are relatively simple.  The only time it gets
>>> >awkward is when both robots fall out of the ring at almost the same
>>> >time.
>>> >
>>> >I'm thinking of prizes 3 prizes for two categories.  Maximum 1 prize
>>> >per person.  If 1 person wins more than one category, the next highest
>>> >scoring robot wins in that category.
>>> >
>>> >Highest scoring robot over all.
>>> >Highest scoring Lego only robot (that didn't win the first prize).
>>> >Highest scoring unlimited material robot (that didn't win the first
>>> prize.)
>>> >
>>> >We can also add other prizes like audience's choice, contestant's
>>> >choice, highest scoring robot from a builder under the age of 14,
>>> >etc...  Assuming we can get some donated prizes.
>>> >
>>> >Any objections?
>>> >--
>>> >Paul Haas
>>
>>> ---- Erik Kauppi --
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