TINYWAVE, Champion Robot of ROBO-ONE Light 1st, put on the market in Japan ( March 26, 2010 )

TINYWAVE, champion Robot of ROBO-ONE Light 1st put on the market in Japan on March 26, 2010. The robot is not a kit but just a constructed product.

ROBO-ONE Light 1st, sponsored ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall on Mar 20th, 2010. ROBO-ONE Light is robot fight tournament for robots on the market, which are officially recognized by ROBO-ONE Committee. Beginner, who got robot from the market and want to attend the ROBO-ONE Tournament, also can attend the competition.

Sixty-two robots entered in the tournament, including 20 robots from the Republic of Korea. Six custom-built robots joined and others were officially recognized ones. The best 8 robots were all kit robots such as 4 KHR-3HVs, 2 Bioloids and 2 TINYWAVEs. The winner was fruit (TINYWAVE).


TINYWAVE was developed by Jeon chang-hoon, Chamipon of ROBO-ONE KOREA and Tomio Sugiura, famous for robot builder of ROBO-ONE GP Robot, Dynamyzer. The constructed products are made from SUGIURA MACHINE DESIGN OFFICE.

The specifications are as follows:
Body: aluminum flame colored red, gold, silver, dark-blue, sky-blue and black
Length: 330(H)×230(W)×110(D)mm
Weight: 1.45 kg (including battery)
Axis: 16
Servo: ROBOTIS AX-12 ( torque 12kg・cm)
Software: Motion Creator, original application for serial control servo motor
Controller: PS2/Bluetooth original controller attached
PC interface (wireless)：Parani ESD Bluetooth serial adaptor attached

Price (constructed product): 210,000 yen (excluding tax)

Option parts and prices are as follows:
Arm and head (5 axes) expansion set: 50,000 yen (excluding tax)
gyroscope (2 axes): 10,000 yen (excluding tax)
PSD sensor: 2,000 yen (excluding tax)
Accelerometer (3 axes): 10,000 yen (excluding tax)
AC LiPo charger: 5,000 yen (excluding tax)
Lipo Battery (11.1V-850mAh): 5000 yen (excluding tax)
Interface (USB to Bluetooth): 6,000 yen (excluding tax)
Interface cable: 10,000 yen (excluding tax)
Servo motor (AX-12): 4,500 yen (excluding tax)
Servo motor set (AX-12 x 6): 20,210 yen (excluding tax)

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The 17th ROBO-ONE Biped Robot Fight in Kawasaki ( March 21, 2010)

The 17th ROBO-ONE Biped Robot Tournament sponsored ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall on Mar 21st, 2010.

Thirty-eight biped robots joined the tournament. Nineteen robots were winners of the local robot competition and 3 robots were from ROBO-ONE Light 1st, took place previous day. Ten robots were ROBO-ONE GP ( grand prix ) robot which was authorized by ROBO-ONE Committee as GP robot. Four robots from Korea and 2 robots from China also joined the tournament.

The major regulation in the 17th ROBO-ONE was the weight of robot, which was 3 kg or under 3 kg. Robot had to fight by just punching in the 1st stage of the tournament. Then roots had to fight by just throwing as Judo or wrestling in the 2nd stage and also had to use each different throwing pattern. From the 3rd stage ( quarterfinal match ) to final match, robots could fight punching and/or throwing.

The main change of body regulation was arms and body horizontal total length, which is changed from under 340 % to under 240% that of leg. The arm length is not changed under 120 % that of leg. As the result of new body regulation, there was a remarkable changing of leg structure of robot joined. A lot of joined robots used "parallel linked legs" which use frames that look like 2 parallelograms, one on top of the other. The merit of this structure is that it allows the robot builders to make larger robots that are not as heavy and that are more stable. That's because the builders want longer arms on their robots which can only be rule has been changed so that the distance between the tip of the left and right arms when open must not exceed 240% of the length of the legs (used to be 340%), the builders are eying to make taller robots without adding the weight.

Thirteen robots were using "parallel linked legs" in the best 16 robots. It was used by 6 robots in the quarterfinal match ( best 8 robots ) and 3 robots in the semifinal match ( best 4 robots ). Final match was carried out 2 robots with the leg structure. As the result, "parallel linked legs" seemed to be a major leg structure of ROBO-ONE tournament in the 3 kg and under 3 kg class.

The winner was Super Dygar Ⅱ by　Hironochi, who also got a prize of one million yen. Super Dygar's palallel linked legs was used 'Murcury' which was developed by holypong and Kyushu Trainning Meeting members.

The second place was Neutrino by Hida-Kamioka High School. It was first time that high school students got the 2nd place in the ROBO-ONE tournament. The 3rd place was Garoo by Kumama. As the result, winner, 2nd and 3rd place robots were all custom-built with "parallel linked legs".

The tournament videos are as follows;

Semifinal match: Garoo vs Super DygarⅡ
The winner was Super DygarⅡ.


Semifinal match: Stromwaves Light 2 vs Neutrino
The winner was Neutrino.


For 3 rd place match: Garoo vs Stromwaves Light 2
The 3rd place was Garoo.


Final match: Super DygarⅡ vs Neutrino
The champion was Super Dygar Ⅱ and the 2nd place was Neutrino



The details were also described Sanzai's Blog and Game Watch by Moriyama.

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ROBO-ONE Light 1st, Robot Fight Tournament in Kawasaki (March 20, 2010)

ROBO-ONE Light 1st, sponsored ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall on Mar 20th, 2010. ROBO-ONE Light is robot fight tournament for robots on the market, which are officially recognized by ROBO-ONE Committee. Beginner, who got robot from the market and want to attend the ROBO-ONE Tournament, also can attend the competition with his robot which is made from just robot kit. Custom-built robot, just the weight 1 kg or under also be able to attend the tournament. The winner, 2nd and 3rd place robots get the right to attend the 17th ROBO-ONE tournament.

The regulations are as follows;
1) Officially recognized robot regulation
Robots on the market, officially recognized by ROBO-ONE Committee, can attend the competition whether the robot adapt the 17th ROBO-ONE regulation or not. Remodeling is prohibited. Head parts can be remodeled and also covering robot body with plastic or paper is permitted.
2) Robot weight except for the officially recognized robot is 1 kg or under and the robot has to adapt the 17th ROBO-ONE regulation.

The weight of officially recognized robot such as KHR-3HV is about 1.5 kg. Therefore, custom-built robots handicapped by about 500 g compared with officially recognized ones. It is interesting that how builder of custom robot 1 kg or under overcomes the weight handicap and which robot kit is able to win the tournament. However, it is necessary for getting championship of robot fight tournament to carry 3 important factors such as good body, good motion and good control.

Sixty-two robots entered in the tournament, including 20 robots from the Republic of Korea. Six Custom-built robots joined and others were officially recognized ones.

The best 16 robots were 5 KHR-3HVs, 5 TINYWAVEs, 4 Bioloids, one JO-ZERO and one UK1 (Alumin). In the 3rd stage, custum-built robot under 1 kg was just Alumin. It seemed the weight of more than 500 g was hard handicap for robot builders. However the most remakable robot of the tournament was MK-09 by maco as follows. It's very cool custum-built robot under 1 kg, however it lost the match in the 1st stage.


The best 8 robots were all kit robots such as 4 KHR-3HVs, 2 Bioloids and 2 TINYWAVEs. KHR-3HV is using KRS-2552HV which has high torque, and Bioloid is the most heavy weight robot about 1.8 kg.

The winner was fruit (TINYWAVE) by fruit from Korea, the 2nd place was Banboo (KHR-3HV) by Minoru Outsuka, who is famous for robot writer, the 3 rd place was Dolyang (Bioloid) by Do-lyang Kim from Korea. These three robots got the right to attend the 17th ROBO-ONE tournament which will take place at the same place next day on March 21st, 2010.

The video were as follows;

Semifinal match; fruit (TINYWAVE) vs Doyang (Bioloid)
The winner was fruit.


Semifinal match; christ-X (TINYWAVE) vs Banboo (KHR-3HV)
The winner was Banboo.


For the 3rd place match; Doyang (bioloid) vs christ-X (TINTWAVE)
The 3rd palce was Doyand.


Final match; fruit (TINYWAVE) vs Banboo (KHR-3HV)
The champion was fruit and the 2nd place was Banboo.

The details are also described in Sanzai Blog and Game Watch by Moriyama.

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KCB-3WL, New Wireless LAN Board for Hobby Robot from KONDO (Feb 20th, 2010)

KONDO KAGAKU Co. Ltd opened a new wireless LAN board for hobby robot during Humanoid Helper Project 2nd on Feb 20th, 2010. KCB-3WL is a board for remote controlling robot system by watching image around the robot on PC. It seems to be useful for such as Humanoid Helper Project, multi-legged robot game etc.

The new board will be put on the market July 29th, 2010. The price including all systems is 58,800 yen (including tax).

KHR-3HV with KCB-3WL and camera demonstrated to control the robot through the image from the robot on PC. KCB-3WL is also able to control robot autonomously by the image recognition around the robot. It seems to be also useful for such as autonomous robot soccer. The presentation video using KHR-3HV was as follows;


Specifications are as follows;
Size: 49.2 x 52 x 12 mm
CPU: SAMSUNG ARMbase32bit CPU 200MHz
Memory: RAM 16MByte, Flash ROM 8MByte
Wireless Interface: IEEE802.11a/b/g(54Mbps/11Mbps)
USB port: USB1.1 x1, Full Speed (12Mbps), 500mA from USB port
GPIO port: x 12
STATUS LED: x 3
Power Supply: 16 V ( for HV), inside 5 V and 3.3 V, 240 mA~1A.
OS: Linux OS or VM Ware Player

KONDO also introduced a 4-legged robot with KCB-3WL and small camera in the KONDO booth. The robot was custom-built with 8 KRS-2552HVs for 4 legs and RCB-4HV as the main control board. The robot was able to be controlled through the image from the robot on PC. The pictures and video are as follows;




In the 1st Humanoid Helper Project on Aug 17th and Sep 6th 2008, some robot builders used NetTansor of BANDAI for image sensing. Robot builders have been waiting such a small board for image sensing. The same samll sensing system 'Remo' was put on the market on Dec 15th, 2009. It is expected these new small board will be applied to variety of biped or multi-legged hobby robots.

The details were also described in NODE by Moriyama.

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ROBO-ONE Light Class Selective Fight in Yokohama ( Feb 20th, 2010)

ROBO-ONE Light Class (under 3 kg) Selective Fight, sponsored ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Housquare Yokohama, during Humanoid Project 2nd on Feb 20th, 2010.

The 17th ROBO-ONE will take place in Kawasaki on March 21st, 2010. Winner robot gets the right of attend the 17th ROBO-ONE. The 17th ROBO-ONE will be held as the tournament with winner of the local robot competition.

ROBO-ONE announced new regulation of the 17th ROBO-ONE Tournament on Feb 1st. The main change of regulation is arms and body horizontal total length, which is changed from under 340 % to under 240% that of leg. The arm length is not changed under 120 % that of leg. As the result, body wide length is limited compared with former regulation. This selective fight tournament was carried out under the new regulation for the 17th ROBO-ONE

Fourteen robots joined the competition. The winner was Fantom, the 2nd place was Gargoil-mini and the 3rd place was stormwave light2. Fantom was newly remodeled custom-built robot with parallel linkage leg mechanical structure by Black. Gargoil-mini was also custom-built robot with the leg structure. The structure is well known to a stable one for fight among bobot builders.

The idea of parallel linkage mechnical structure to apply to hobby robot was opened by Yoshimura, who called as `God of ROBO-ONE` in July 2007. Then it was introduced to ROBO-ONE fight in the Over Regulation Class (ORC) robot, 'Cavalia' by Emanon at first. It was also introduced to Standard Regulation Class (SRC) Robot, ‘Daigakku’ by Akitsuka at ROBO FIGHT 8 (Nov 2~3, 2008). His SRC robot joined the ORC tournament and defeated 'Yogoroza', one of the 4 strong robots called four god machine in Kansai District of Japan, and also defeated 'Automo 03' one of the strong robots in Kyushu District. Of course, the winner of SRC was `Daigakku`. Since the parallel linkage leg has been being popular leg system in the robot fight. Daigakku also attended this tournament, it lost the semi-final match by the winner Fantom.

In the Kanto-gumi Robot Training Meeting on Feb 14, 2010, Kupapa also introduced his newly remodeled custom-built robot 'Chrom-Kid' with parallel linkage leg as photo.

Videos are as follows;

Semi-final match:Gargoil-mini vs stormwave light2

Semi-final match:Fantom vs Daigakku

Final Match:Fantom vs Gargoil-mini

This article was also introduced in Get Robo.
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