Mini sumo is a competition between two autonomous robots that are placed in a ring dohyo. Session overview teamwork skill negotiate and resolve conflict. The competition is the brain child of declan askin, head of the technology dept. The solarbotics sumovore robot is a kit that requires soldering. In robot sumo the aim is to push your opponent out of the ring.
Robots and rocket brand studios, and based on the picaxe08 motor driver. This product contains the same robots that were previously sold. Zumo robot mini sumo robot with genuine arduino uno. One important aspect of every sumo robot are the tires. The control methods of the robots are also tested in thes. This was printed at work and i made the color change to save ink. Mini sumo 500g mechanical design inspire in predator mini sumo robot kit from jsumo, some electronic parts are from their store so go ch. Im working on a program for a class assignment which will let the robot play robot sumo. But have you heard of its more traditional counterpart, robot sumo. Each robot is fully autonomous and tries to prudh other opponent robot. Like its human counterpart, robot sumo was born and thrives in japan.
A scale comparing a miniclass sumo robot to a 500gram mass. The net can be great for finding ideas but when it comes down to it nothing beats a good book. Sep 03, 20 in a sumo round, the goal is to push the opponent outside of the circular ring. Build and program two highquality sumobot robots designed to wrestle in their own minisumo. The official guide by pete miles mcgrawhillosborne 2002 is an excellent book about building robots, the rules for competitive robot sumo events and how to build your own dohyo. For several years we have used our own sumo robot, and this is the one used in the course this year too.
Robot sumo is a sport in which two robots attempt to push each other out of a circular ring in a fashion. Mini sumo robot design is very stylish robot microcontroller used in motor driver for the kullan. Delta force mini sumo robot by dale heatherington sept 2001. Lift cant reduce the robot below the required limit because the limit is specified in mass universal constant rather than weight gravity component. Few examples of mini sumo robot competition strategies duration.
The atlanta hobby robot club hosts a mini sumo competition at their annual robot rally. Mini sumo robot is a special robot type that it beats the opponent mini sumo in special rules. Programming the sumo robot with the ultrasonic sensor. Turns out that once you think about it, mini sumo bots and obstacle avoiders are pretty much the same. Once you have your sumobot robots up and running, give them a competitive edge and expand your skills by following the. In a mini sumo match, 2 autonomous robots are placed in a ring painted black with a white border. The sumo robot was designed for a final year engineering competition. The kingduino uno is an excellent control board for the cobra mini sumo kit. I strayed a bit from them as i use a ring that is white inside with a black ring. Robotics challenge program your robot to stay in the ring using the colour sensor, and perhaps to charge at opponents using the ultrasonic sensor. An astar 32u4 robot controller reads the qtr1rc reflectance and sharp gp2y0a60szlf analog distance sensors while powering the motors with its dual onboard motor drivers. Mar 14, 2017 forum user drgfreeman has been posting about his custom mini sumo robot.
The pololu zumo chassis is a tracked robot platform that is small enough to qualify for mini sumo competitions and works with a variety of micro metal gearmotors. Rather than using all of the tools at your disposal to bash your opponent into scrap metal, robo sumo only asks that you shove your opponent out of a ring. The minisumo dimensions 10 cm x 10 cm and mass 500 grams were formalized and bill published adapted japanese robot sumo rules on his sine robotics web site. A pair of sumo robots battle to push each other out of a black circle with a white border a robot sumo ring. One of the early american adopters of robot sumo was noted seattle robotics society member, bill harrison, who organized some of the first u.
The paper presents the design and construction of an autonomous mobile mini sumo robot. In this article i compare different available robot hubs and tires, and how to make diy hubs and tires. Mini sumo robot competition running with frdmkl25z mcu on. Basic help and tips on how to build robotic sensors.
I present a mini robot name sumotto composed of a picaxe14m2, two. Pdf the paper deal with methods for configuring a sumobot robot, based on microcontroller parallax, for. Maxon motor graph current wattage time minisumo tutorial for genesis arduino mainboard. This book is an almost necessary resource for all robot makers ranging from diy weekend tinkerers to commercial robot builders. Sumo robots are autonomous robots built for sumo robot competitions. It includes materials needed, step by step instructions to know how to build it and videos of it in real life action fighting against other mini sumo robots.
While these are wonderful resources, i wanted to add to those resources with a few tips from my personal experiences to assist anyone beginning the mini sumo design process. Robot sumo, or pepe sumo, is a sport in which two robots attempt to push each other out of a circle in a similar fashion to the sport of sumo. Miniclass sumo robots may have a mass of 500 grams 1. Mini densede very detailed all of the resources that are shared with a sumo robot project also robot contest opponents out of the runway. With some help from patrick mccabe, we got the code written to get the robot working. May 06, 2017 k12 mini sumo tournament free for mrk1 kit owners.
Gordon mccomb is a seasoned robot builder and author of the very popular and incredibly useful book robot builders bonanza. The kingduino uno is an excellent control board for the cobra minisumo kit. As we had said before, we used arduino, which is base in c in order to create the software of our robot. With narrower wheels, like the gm series plastic wheels from solarbotics, makey would fit within the maximum size and weight allowable for mini sumo. I originally intended to build a simple wedge bot target drone to aid in developing defense strategies for my other sumo bot robor. The result of their work was a very small sumo robot that measured just 8 cm by 8 cm and mass about 240 grams. Oct 10, 2002 plan, design, and build your own sumo bot. I thought i would start a project log, since im kind of proud of it. Take look at the picaxe projects at the top of this page for details. The solarbotics sumovore kit is a strong, modular design with over 500 manhours of development and 21 prototypes behind it. I took your advice and consolidated my program into two tasks. It simply makes the robot go straight forward until the light sensor sees something dark on the surface might be the ring border, then it backs up a little, turns right to head back into the ring, then repeats going straight and looking for the ring border again. The base of the code was created by nate lawerncerichards for the university of northern iowa intro to robotics program. Surprisingly the solutions to autonomous minisumo are not necessarily complex or expensive.
Basic stamp programming requires the basic stamp editor software for windows. You can use this chassis as the base for your custom robot or get one of our more complete zumo robots, which include electronics designed specifically for the zumo chassis. Akir4 is the name of the mini sumo robot i built in 2011 and is my third mini sumo. The robots will then autonomously compete in a headtohead match with the objective of forcing the opponent robot out of the ring. Follow the sumobot manual assembly instructions and test programs to go from basic moves to oneonone combat. Although some of the projects are limited right now to flashing lights and sounds, there is some realworld control e.
If you dont have another nxt robot to go up against in your sumo match or while testing and preparing for your match, you can build various dummy robots and other objects to try to push. The main problem people face when getting started in robot sumo is with the mechanical construction of the rolling chassis. Gordon mccomb has written more than 60 books read more. The zumo robot includes powerful micro metal motors to help you win at mini sumo. Mar 29, 2009 i really like this little sumo bot based on the everpopular arduino microcontroller. Feb 23, 20 highlights of my sumo robot in competition. Test your programming and attachment, then redesign and make. Delta force is the second robot i designed to compete in autonomous mini sumo contests. The computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users.
Arduino is an opensource electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easytouse hardware and software. Build and program two highquality sumobot robots designed to wrestle in their own minisumo competition ring. Dec 04, 20 over the past few weeks, ive posted a few links to a few blogs and websites where people have discussed how to build a mini sumo robot. A timer to wait five seconds before attacking at the start of a round. Create powerful and innovative sumo or mini sumo robots using this oneofakind resource. Robot sumo is the most elegant of robot combat sports. Our robot kit works with 9 volt batteries 9v battery not included in the kit contents you can maximize performance using lipo battery we recommend itthe robot program is provided free of charge. This time compared to the first two mini sumo robots the robot was first designed in a cad program. Bill took that first small sumo to a contest in san francisco and actually won the lightweight competition against bigger and heavier robots. The mini class sumo robot competes on a mini ring, which is half the dimensions of the international ring. Introi decided to make a mini sumo robot a few weeks ago instead of doing an obstacle avoider. The purpose of this robot kit is to give new robot makers access to a quick and simple robot that provides experience in all the basics of robot building. About the sumo robots the lynxmotion 3kg sumo robot kits are perfect for getting a jump start on your next competition.
The outer shell for pingbot was designed using autodesks free 123d 3d modeling software. The only changes i would need to make would be to the code. The robots used in this competition are called sumobots. Revolution education picaxe robot parts robot kits.
Robot sumotto picaxe14m2 project gallery picaxe i present a mini robot name sumotto composed of a picaxe14m2, two sensors to shock, two sensors in reflection, is able to follow a track of black color on a surface of a light. But, keep your eyes peeledrobots that take years to build can be decimated within. Unfortunately im almost done with it, so this may be a rather. Works as expected with picaxe software makes it easy to program. Outline sumo robots are great for teaching robotics. Robot schematics, books, and circuits for mini sumo, linefollowing, beam, and electronic projects. Project logs item created by supercap2f, nov 11, 2014. Arduino projects electronics projects sumo robot arduino programming robot kits stainless steel metal mini software tutorials.
Arduino mini sumo robot kit unassembled robot kits win your competition with our full metal high performance mini sumo robot kit. Sumo robot competitions are not just for testing the physical power and durability of robots. Can your robot push all of the objects outside of the ring before accidentally driving outside the ring itself. There are a large variety of mechanical designs and programs that could be used. It was first introduced to the united states in the early 1990s by dr. Doing mini sumo robot competition is really fun, and there is yet another one coming to end the current university semester. Usually, a sumo robot is an intermediateskill project as it requires. Zumo robot winning mini sumo robot body for arduino. Programming the genie e18 motor control board to control. At up to 2 feet per second, this zumo robot is fast. Mini sumo robot competitions are held throughout the world. Programming the genie e18 motor control board to control a.
The deadreckoning event hercules, my smallest robot my marble maze machine tacklebot, a backyard explorer try your hand at a mini sumo robot i start on a firefighting robot adventures in hacking decoding a tv remote control wiring up an rf modem link a dirtcheap 8051 development system a dirtcheap 8051. Or have him to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. There are two styles of robot sumo, radio controlled and autonomous, with mini sumo being one of the many sizeweight classes of competition. The solarbotics mini sumo sumovore kit is a strong, modular design with over 500 manhours of development and 21 prototypes behind it. The main objective of the code for the minisumo is to look for the other robot inside the ring and try to push it until this one gets out of the ring. The gm8 gearmotors give the robot more speed than competing products that use modifiedrcservos, and the robot has outperformed other stock minisumo robots including programmable robots. Sumo robot tutorial school project for mini sumo fights. Sumo robot kits are sets consisting of robotic materials to build a sumo robot. The robot which touches first the outside of the ring looses the round. A hardware construction and software design project for students to illuminate eight.
The bot features line sensing, obstacle detection, and a nice interface board for the geared motors. Foreword the pdst mini sumo robot has been developed as a low cost introductory model for educators interested in applied control and robotics. At mini sumo competition usually there is weight and dimension limit max. Mini sumo is a robotic competition class being promoted out of seattle by bill harrison of the seattle robotics society the robots are constrained by a 10cm. Featuring complete coverage of the rules and regulations of this increasingly popular competitive sport, this authoritative guide will show you what it takes to build a sumo robot from beginning to end. If you are new to mini sumo competition, robot sumo. Basically, two robots get put on a 4 white circle that has a black border.
Firstly you must tell the software what genie chip you are using. Theory of operation to be effective, a mini sumo robot must be able to do the following. Applied control systems t4 technology subjects support service. This robot will behave as a normal sumo bot but will have the added feature of being able to detect another sumo bot in front of it. The robot should not pass over the white lines that surround the black ring surface. Mini sumo robot design is very stylish robot pic16f877 microcontroller used in motor driver for the l293d kullan. Sumoboy is the worlds first mini sumo robotics kit that consists of two parts. Once it locks onto another robot it rams at full speed while making sure to avoid crossing the sumo ring. The irish junior mini sumo tournament is the first robotics tournament of its kind in the eu for second level students. While it would be naive to think i could beat delta force on my first attempt at building a. Much like its human counterpart, robo sumo adds a certain elegant simplicity to robot on robot combat.
This approached is great since you have to solve all design issues from start compared to having a general idea in your head and solving each issue as you go. Welcome to the lightningfast world of robot sumo, where two robots battle it out for mechanical supremacy. With some help from patrick mccabe, we got the code written to get the robot. You would probably need another sensor pointed down to see. Jan 24, 2018 welcome to the lightningfast world of robot sumo, where two robots battle it out for mechanical supremacy. Robotsumo, or pepe sumo, is a sport in which two robots attempt to push each other out of a circle in a similar fashion to the sport of sumo. It has more power, speed, and is less expensive than the junun mark iii, parallax mini sumo, and tab sumobot. For more than a decade, the ahrc mini sumo contest has been dominated by dale heatheringtons delta force.
Shop for robot vacuums and other domestic robots, professional robots, robot toys, robot kits and robot parts. But when you design with big motors you have to build gear system also. How to build a mini sumo robot with source code how to build a test bed robot with source code how to build a balancing robotic platform gyrobot practical approach to motion control of a robot how to make a robot dilbert i how to make a robot dilbert ii there are many robotics articles on this site, just use search. Powerful gm8 gear motors powered by a robust l293d motor driver four optoreflector edge sensors fifth edge sensor position available when using. But for future and extended events we are exploring a new robot. Dec 26, 2018 doing mini sumo robot competition is really fun, and there is yet another one coming to end the current university semester. Your next project, before a sumo bot, may be learning how pwm on a motor drive pin can affect a turn. New concept for 2018 mini sumo roboter mcu on eclipse. The mobile robot is a combination of devices endowed with. Pingbot micro rc rechargable musical robot pal using picaxe. Making perfect sticky diy sumo robot tires mcu on eclipse. Basic stamp, stamps in class, board of education, boebot sumobot, sxkey and toddler are registered trademarks of parallax, inc. The user can then develop their own simple basic or flowchart control program using the free picaxe programming editor software.
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