Tribot Sumo (& other random contests)

Along with Bulldozer Sumo, we found out what happens when you try sumo matches with nearly stock NXT Tribots, as well as, well... lots of other LEGO models, suitably autonomous courtesy of the NXT. As usual, everything you see is pure LEGO. This was partially inspired by the Sumo challenge on NXTlog:
http://mindstorms.lego.com/nxtlog/
And more details will probably appear there as well as the Team Hassenplug website:
http://www.teamhassenplug.org/sumo
Again, no LEGO was harmed during the production of this video. And we apologize to Alpha Rex, we got kind of abusive :)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• LEGO
• NXT
• Tribot
• Sumo
• Autonomous
• Robot
• Robotics
• NXTlog

[Bradleyj2k8]

why didnt u get that orge bot thing on :D to pwn them it would be epic

[brdavis5]

@Bradleyj2k8 Well... there's the fact that this "Tribot sumo" event took place years before I created Ogre :).

[Buemmo]

I could built a rpbot that bwns a tribot in 30 minutes ^^

[brdavis5]

Sure. So could all the people you see in this video (including the 9-year-old boy) - most of the folks there have won LEGO sumo events all around the state of Indiana, and most of those people are currently consultants for LEGO in the MCP program.

The goal was to *have* to start with Tribot, and *have* to use that structure, being otherwise limited only to the parts in a 1.0 kit.

[coolbuddywin]

LOL STEVE VS THE CAMMRA

[pimonspie]

could i build one of these with a rcx

[HaydenStudios]

That's pretty creative how you envolve robots that were not originally intended for sumo matches in sumo matches.

[HaydenStudios]

HAHAHA!! That's pretty funny using other robots like alpha rex!

[TheMarktang]

the best fight is with the scorpion LOL

[IhavenonameZ]

tribot spanking action in the end, nice XD

[THISNAMEOWNS]

I started with a tribot-based structure, and using only parts in one kit, made a 4 wd sumo bot geared 5:1.(so its ridiculously slow) It uses the battery lid as a ramp and is shaped like a flat box. (for a low center of gravity)

is it a good design for a mini sumo competition?