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

Tue Aug 21 10:40:33 EDT 2007

On 8/20/07, Jim Ronald <jronald at chartermi.net> wrote:
> 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.

I plan on bringing a couple simple Lego bots. They will probably be
easy to defeat.

Will we see you at the meeting on Wednesday?

> 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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