[Yaaarc] Let's do small scale sumo this summer.

[Erik Kauppi]

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.

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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
>paulh at hamjudo.com
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