Sumobots
SUMOBOT COMPETITION 10/29/11
ANNOUNCING - LVL1's 2nd annual Sumobot battle will be on October 29th, 2011 at 814e Broadway (our home). There will be a Halloween party following the fun. All are welcome to join in the festivities. You may even get to see the world famous fire breathing pony, Buttercup! You have a couple of months to build your bot. There will be prizes and eternal glory!
Here is the poster: File:Sumo2011.pdf
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
Gallery of Sumobots
http://www.er-online.co.uk/minisumo/wiki/index.php?page=Gallery
Nice Bot, but not a Sumo
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/tinybot/
Another Arduino Sumo
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.elex.camosun.bc.ca/robotics/mini_sumo.htm
Please add your own!
