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<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Challenge</strong>: <strong>SUMOBOT</strong><br />
Teaching with Robots<br />
<strong>SUMOBOT</strong> <strong>rules</strong><br />
Two robots compete in a head-to-head match following the<br />
basic system of traditional human sumo matches. Robots<br />
are allowed no weapons, and are not allowed to flip each<br />
other. The sole purpose is a pushing match between the two<br />
robots starting to force the other starting out of the arena.<br />
area<br />
area<br />
1. The fight starts at the referee’s command and<br />
continuous until a robot earns two Yuhkoh points.<br />
2. The sumo ring shall be circular in shape, with a<br />
diameter of 100 cm. The starting lines consist of two<br />
painted parallel brown lines centered in the ring with<br />
15 cm long and 10 cm spacing between them. The<br />
border line is marked as a white circular ring 5 cm large.<br />
The ring area extends to the outside edge of this<br />
circular line.<br />
100 cm<br />
10 cm<br />
3. Maximum size: a robot must fit within a square tube of 20 cm. A robot may expand in size after a<br />
match begins, but must not physically separated into pieces. Parts that could break or damage the ring<br />
or the opposite robot are not allowed. A maximum of 2 motors for movement and 1 motor for an<br />
optional tool/weapon can be used.<br />
4. The operations of the robots must begin automatically no less than five seconds after being started by<br />
the user. Robots starting before the five second mark forfeit a Yuhkoh point.<br />
5. Every match involves 2 games (fights), 1 minute for each and 1 minute of inter-fights pause.<br />
6. One Yuhkoh point will be given when a robot legally forces the body of the opposing robot to touch<br />
the space outside the ring, which includes the white side of the ring itself. Or if the opposing robot has<br />
touched the space outside the ring on its own.<br />
7. When a robot has fallen over on the ring or in similar conditions, Yuhkoh will not be counted but the<br />
match continues and no one can back it up.<br />
8. The team who receives four Yuhkoh points wins the match. If no robot has 4 Yuhkoh points at the end<br />
of two games, the robot with the most points wins. If both robots have the same number of points<br />
after two games, the referee has to toss a coin to decide the formal. Only for the final round<br />
(selections of the first three places), the referee will be run another extra game before the final<br />
random decision.<br />
9. Upon the referee's instructions, the two teams approach the ring, and<br />
place a robot within their starting area of the ring behind the starting<br />
line. (A robot or a part of a robot may not be placed beyond the front<br />
edge of the starting line toward the opponent. Note that it is not<br />
required that a robot be placed directly behind the starting line; it may<br />
be offset to the side, as long as it is behind an imaginary line collinear<br />
with the starting line). When the referee announces the start of the<br />
round, the teams start their robots, and after a five second pause the<br />
robots may start operating. During these five seconds, players must clear<br />
out of the ring area.<br />
10. During the first two rounds, between every match all the teams have 10/15 minutes to improve their<br />
software strategies.<br />
5 cm<br />
15<br />
cm
Teaching with Robots<br />
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T01-T12 : the 12 students' teams<br />
<strong>SUMOBOT</strong> challenge organization<br />
(2 platforms - 2 referees - 2 hours)<br />
PA – PB : the 2 running platforms (for parallel runs when possible)<br />
The challenge is organized as a knock-out tournament for the first two rounds, and a traditional<br />
tournament for the last round, where each round is composed by two separated set of match<br />
(home and away)<br />
Each match, composed by 2 games, requires 5 minutes:<br />
o 1 minute for the calling and preliminary setup and software upload<br />
o 1 minute for the first game<br />
o 1 minute for restoring<br />
o 1 minute for the second game<br />
o 1 minute for the registration of the match<br />
3 rounds,<br />
o 1 st round: the twelve teams against in pairs, (50 minutes):<br />
• match 1: T01-T02, T03-T04, T05-T06 on platform PA; T07-T08, T09-T10, T11-T12 on<br />
platform PB, for a total time of 15 minutes<br />
• technical pause of 10 minutes to fast adjustments<br />
• match 2: T07-T08, T09-T10, T11-T12 on platform PA; T01-T02, T03-T04, T05-T06 on<br />
platform PB, for a total time of 15 minutes<br />
• technical pause of 10 minutes to fast adjustments and preliminary ranking<br />
o 2 nd round: the six winners of the first round, (30 minutes)<br />
• match 1: W1-W2, W3-W4 on platform PA; W5-W6 on platform PB, for a total time<br />
of 10 minutes<br />
• technical pause of 5 minutes to fast adjustments<br />
• match 1: W5-W6 on platform PA; W1-W2, W3-W4 on platform PB, for a total time<br />
of 10 minutes<br />
• technical pause of 5 minutes to fast adjustments<br />
o 3 rd round: the three winners of the second round, all in the same platform (30 minutes)<br />
• match 1: W1-W2 on platform PA, for 5 minutes<br />
• match 1: W1-W3 on platform PA, for 5 minutes<br />
• match 1: W2-W3 on platform PA, for 5 minutes<br />
• match 2: W1-W2 on platform PA, for 5 minutes<br />
• match 2: W1-W3 on platform PA, for 5 minutes<br />
• match 2: W2-W3 on platform PA, for 5 minutes<br />
• in this round, three points are awarded to the team winning a match, no points to<br />
the losing team, one point for each if the match is drawn.<br />
example of compiled score-sheet<br />
competitors T01 T02 winner<br />
T01<br />
T02<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game 0 0<br />
2 nd game 2 0<br />
1 st game 2 1<br />
2 nd game 1 1<br />
5<br />
2<br />
T01<br />
T01 against T02 final result 5-2 (T01 is the winner)<br />
1 st match T01 vs T02 = 2-0 (T01 the partial winner)<br />
1 st game: T01 = 0 , T02=0 Yuhkoh points<br />
2 nd game: T01 = 2 , T02=0 Yuhkoh points<br />
2 nd match T01 vs T02 = 3-2 (T01 the partial winner)<br />
1 st game: T01 = 2 , T02=1 Yuhkoh points<br />
2 nd game: T01 = 1 , T02=1 Yuhkoh points
Teaching with Robots<br />
<strong>SUMOBOT</strong> – first round<br />
<strong>SUMOBOT</strong> – second round<br />
competitors T01 T02 winner<br />
T01<br />
T02<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game competitors winner<br />
competitors T03 T04 winner<br />
T03<br />
T04<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
(A)<br />
competitors T05 T06 winner<br />
T05<br />
T06<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game competitors winner<br />
competitors T07 T08 winner<br />
T07<br />
T08<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
(B)<br />
competitors T05 T06 winner<br />
T09<br />
T10<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game competitors winner<br />
competitors T05 T06 winner<br />
T11<br />
T12<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
(C)
played<br />
won<br />
lost<br />
drawn<br />
scored<br />
Yuhkoh ptn<br />
conceded<br />
Yuhkoh ptn<br />
official<br />
points<br />
final<br />
ranking<br />
Teaching with Robots<br />
<strong>SUMOBOT</strong> – third round<br />
(A)<br />
(B)<br />
competitors (A) (B)<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
team<br />
tournament score of the third round<br />
competitors (A) (C)<br />
(A)<br />
(C)<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
(A)<br />
(B)<br />
(C)<br />
competitors (B) (C)<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
(B)<br />
(C)<br />
(A)<br />
(B)<br />
competitors (A) (B)<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
competitors (A) (C)<br />
(A)<br />
(C)<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
(B)<br />
(C)<br />
competitors (B) (C)<br />
1 st<br />
match<br />
2 nd<br />
match<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game<br />
1 st game<br />
2 nd game
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