Sumobots

All you need to know about the SumoBot competition is here... http://wiki.lvl1.org/Mini-Sumo_Competition_10/29/10

To learn more about lvl1 goto: http://www.lvl1.org or http://wiki.lvl1.org or check out our google group at http://groups.google.com/group/lvl1/

To learn about SumoBots in general, check out the links below...

Rules

We will follow these rules: http://www.robotics-society.org/mini-sumo.shtml

Double elimination tournament

Parts

Here is a good list if you want to build your own. I bet you can build a bot for $30, if you already have an Arduino! I plan on doing this.

http://groups.google.com/group/tuftsroboticsclub/web/anatomy-of-a-sumobot

Sensor Info http://www.acroname.com/robotics/info/articles/sharp/sharp.html

Kits

Parallax $240 - Comes with 2 bots. Kit works well, but expensive http://www.parallax.com/Store/Education/KitsandBoards/tabid/182/ProductID/319/List/1/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName

Sumovore Mini Sumo $98.50 http://www.solarbotics.com/products/k_sv/

Mark III $92 http://www.junun.org/MarkIII/Store.jsp

TAB Sumobot http://www.amazon.com/SUMO-BOT-Remote-Controlled-Programmable-Sumo-Bot/dp/0071411933

Links

http://www.solarbotics.com/

http://www.pololu.com/

http://www.sparkfun.com/

Nice Bot, but not a Sumo http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/tinybot/

Another Arduino Sumo http://noise0.altervista.org/

Sumo from Tufts Univ http://www.tuftsroboticsclub.com/current-projects/sumobots Thingiverse of above sumo http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1548

Check this one out http://www.huv.com/miniSumo/seeker2/

And another one http://letsmakerobots.com/node/19648

What about Legos? http://www.nxtprograms.com/mini_sumo/index.html

http://www.wildrobots.com/

http://www.elex.camosun.bc.ca/robotics/mini_sumo.htm

Please add your own!

http://wiki.lvl1.org/Barney_Fife