BIPED ROBOT NEWS JAPAN: 2011/02

Feb 21, 2011

The 5th Robot Survival Game took place in Akihabara, Tokyo (Feb 20, 2011)

The 5th Robot Survival Game took place at ASOBITCITY in Akihabara, Tokyo on Feb 20th, 2011. Four robot such as 4-legged, 5-legged and mobile joined the game. Four robots were as follows;

BLACK TIGER L45 (5-legged robot) by IKETOMU

Gunroller-kai (mobile with wheel which was based Gunroller) by Tanaka-san

Osaru-2.5gou (mobile with caterpillar) by Osaru-kun

Yabusame (4-legged robot) by mota-san

Main regulations of the Robot Survival Game are as follows;
1) Mobile bodies are not only multi-legged robot or biped robot but also mobile with wheel or caterpillar.
2) Weapons are toy-gun under 0.1 J and/or the other shooting system.
3) Equipped stopping mechanism of the body by gun-hit sensor using a solar battery covered with tinfoil (6 x 6 x 6 cm cubed or 5 x 6 x 7 cm).
4) Robot control has to be done with the image on PC from the camera attached on the robot.
5) Participants have to handle toy-gun carefully and put protector on eyes.

Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting Game
Just 4 robots joined to the 5th Robot Surviavl Game. Therefore, Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting Game, a new survival game was planed for 4 robots by Tanaka-san. Tanaka-san also planed field layout for the game.

Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting Layout

[Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting Game]
1. Hunter robot starts the start position and pushes down the flag1.
2. Hunter robot hits the target1 and hits down it.
3. Hunter robot pushes down the flag2.
4. Hunter robot hits the target2. When Hunter robot hits down the target2, Fox robot starts to run away.
5. Hunter robot runs after Fox robot and hits it. Hunter robot has to hit down Fox robot within 5 minutes.

Game1:Game1 was Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting. The hunter was Yabusame and the fox was BLACK TIGER L45. The game carried out without camera system. Fox robot, BLACK TIGER L45 could run away.

Game2:Game2 was Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting. The hunter was BLACK TIGER L45 and the fox was Yabusame. The game carried out without camera system. Fox robot, Yabusame could run away.

Game3:Game3 was Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting. The hunter was Osaru-2.5 and the fox was BLACK TIGER L45. The game carried out without camera system. Fox robot, BLACK TIGER L45 could run away.

Game4:Game4 was Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting. The hunter was Gunroller-kai and the fox was BLACK TIGER L45. The game carried out without camera system. Fox robot, BLACK TIGER L45 push down Hunter robot, Gunroller-kai.

Game5:Game5 was Battle Royal. Robot joiend were BLACK TIGER L45, Gunroller-kai, Osaru-2.5 and Yabusame. The game carried out using camera system. The winner was Yabusame.

Game6:Game6 was Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting. The hunter was Yabusame and the fox was Gunroller-kai. The game carried out using camera system. Hunter robot, Yabusame hit down Fox robot, Gunroller-kai.

Game7:Game7 was Combat Shooting + Fox Hunting. The hunter was BLACK TIGER L45 and the fox was Yabusame. The game carried out using camera system. Fox robot, Yabusame could run away.

Game8:Game8 was Battle Royal. Robot joiend were BLACK TIGER L45, Gunroller-kai, Osaru-2.5 and Yabusame. The game carried out using camera system. The winner was Yabusame.

The details were also described in Sanzai-san's blog (in Japanese).

Trials of the Robot Survival Game were held twice on April 10th and June 13th (1) (2), 2010. The 1st Robot Survival Game took place on July 19th, the 2nd one on Sep 11th, the 3rd one on Nov 20-21st, the 4th one on Dec 11 and the details were described in this blog.

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Feb 9, 2011

Wandahoo Robot Carnival for JSRC will be held at Fureai-kan in Minami-senju, Tokyo on Feb 11th, 2011. The winner of the competition gets the right to join the 2nd JSRC as the representative of Kanto ROBOT Practice（Kanto-gumi Robot Training Meeting）.

The 2nd JSRC (Japan Standard Class Robot Community) will take place in Okasa on March 6th, 2011. The 1st JSRC Championship was carried out in Nagoya on Nov. 22nd, 2009.

The competition will be shown on `Ustream Wandahoo Robot Carnival` from 12:00 to 17:00 (JST).

Wandahoo Robot Carnival for JSRC videos are keeping in the Ustrean Wandahoo Robot Carnival Channel.

Program is as follows;
12:30 Opening Ceremony
12:35 Introduction of Participating Robots
13:00 Dash 2000
13:40 Bottle Traction
14:30 Dice Shot
15:20 Cubs
15:50 Rumble Fight
16:00 Robot Fight, Final Tournament
16:30 Closing Ceremony

Wandahoo Robot Carnival is sponsored by Ishikawa-san and supported by the members of Kanto ROBOT Practice（Kanto-gumi　Robot Training Meeting）. Ishikawa-san and his stuffs are busy preparing USTREAM Live system of the Carnival now. Entry of the Carnival has finished on Feb 2nd, and 15 robots entried.

The Carnival is robot competition consisted with various four type games such as Dash 2000 (competition of 2 robots, 2 m U-turn course foot race; each robot gets points depended on the order of record time), Bottle Traction (pushing or pulling a basket with 500 or 1000 ml bottles for 2 m within 1 minute; points are multiplication of number of bottles and distance carried), Dice Shot (dice soccer of 2 robots; each robot gets points depended on the spots of dice shot for 2 minutes) and Cubs (team game of 3 robots each, carrying cubs to own territory for 2 minutes; winner team members get points) and Robot Fight with the best 4 robots. Therefore, this Carnival is called `Robot Olympic`.

Each robot gets points from each game. In the case of team game, winner team member robots gets points. Four robots gotten many points can join the final tournament of Robot Fight. The rest robots have Ramble Fights. Those games were planned by Ishikawa-san.

The winner gets the right to join the 2nd JSRC Championship as the representative of Kanto ROBOT Practice （Kanto-gumi Robot Training Meeting）. It is necessary for winner that the robot has a high activity with performance and also good luck.