DESIGN A MINI SUMO — PART 1

摘要

Last spring, our robotics club scheduled a Mini Sumo competition for the summer of 2005. Of course, no one had a Mini Sumo robot, so a mad frenzy of ideas, concepts, and parts ensued. For the uninitiated, Mini Sumo competitions take their name from the Japanese form of wrestling called Sumo. In this case, two robots combat for three minutes in a black ring 71 cm (just over 30 inches) in diameter, bounded by a one-inch border. Each robot attempts to locate the other and push it off the edge.