Sep 13, 2012

The 13th Robot Survival Game at Mokei-juku, Tokyo (Aug. 26, 2012)

The 13th Robot Survival Game took place at Mokei-juku in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012.  Mokei-juku, for Figure Making Lesson Room was used for the 13th Robot Survival Game Field as the 10th and 12th one.

Robot Survival Game was planned by Tanaka-san and Bishii-san. Mobile, not only multi-legged robot or biped robot but also mobile with wheel or caterpillar, which equipped with toy gun, hit sensor and camera system, can join to play survival game.  The 1st Robot Survival Game took place at Akihabara, Tokyo on July 19, 2010 and the game takes place every 2 months. Tanaka-san also planned several kind of survival game, such as Extermination Battle, Flag Battle and Fortress Battle.

Six robots joined the 13th Survival Game were divided into two teams.  Gons-san team members were Denryu (Gons), Pakkan (Kamiya) and Aigis (Tanaka).  Noborizaka-san team were Stallone (Noborizaka), Yabusame (Mota) and Milfy (Matsuo).   All robot were controlled by camera system in all battles except for Battle Royal (Rumble Battle).

Robot Survival Games such as Combat Shooting, Extermination Battle, Flag Battle, Hamburger Hill and Battle Royal (Rumble Battle) were carried out in the 13th Robot Survival Game. Details were also described in Sanzai-san's Blog (in Japanese).  

Before the 13th Games,  Shooting test of biodegradable luminescence airsoft BBs was carried out by Stallone. The trajectory were beautifull. 


Sep 6, 2012

ROBO-ONE 21st Biped Robot Fight in Tokyo (Part 3) ROBO-ONE 21st Tournamnt (Sep 2, 2012)

ROBO-ONE 21th sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo on Sep 1st and 2nd, 2012.  ROBO-ONE Light 5th took place on Sep 1st, 4.5m Footrace took place as the preliminary ROBO-ONE Tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) on Sep 1st and the main event ROBO-ONE 21st Tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) took place on Sep 2nd.

ROBO-ONE 21st Tournament (Light Class, 3 kg or Under)

Regulations of ROBO-ONE 21st
The major regulation was the weight of robot, which was 3 kg or under 3 kg. Details of the body regulation were same as those of the 20th.

ROBO-ONE 21st was held as the tournament with 48 robots which were one winner of the local robot competitions, champion of ROBO-ONE Light 5th and upper place 46 robots in the preliminary competition, 4.5 m Footrace taken place on Sep. 1st.

The tournament winner was Garoo by Kumama-san, who also got a prize of 5 hundred thousand yen.  Garoo won  the championship for three consecutive ROBO-ONE Tournament.   The 2nd place was Cortejyu-miharus by SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.  The 3rd place was Reguhorn by Nakayan-san and 4th Place was NagareGold by Kenta-san.   Result of the tournament was here.  

The 21st ROBO-ONE was the 10th anniversary. A memorial exhibition match was carried out before the 3rd place and final match. The exhibition match was hold by two new type ROBO-ONE robots as Haruo 68, flying robot and King Kizer, jumping robot by compressed air. It seems to be necessary for ROBO-ONE robot to innovate.



Videos of 1st, 2nd, 3rd stage, quarterfinal, semifinal, for 3rd place and final matches were uploaded in IKETOMU Channel.    Interesting videos were as follows;

Sep 5, 2012

ROBO-ONE 21st Biped Robot Fight in Tokyo (Part 2) 4.5 m Footrace (Sep 1, 2012)

ROBO-ONE 21st sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo on Sep 1st and 2nd, 2012.    ROBO-ONE Light 5th took place on Sep 1st, 4.5m Footrace took place as the preliminary ROBO-ONE Tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) on Sep 1st and the main event ROBO-ONE 21st Tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) took place on Sep 2nd.

Regulations of ROBO-ONE 21st
The major regulation was the weight of robot, which was 3 kg or under 3 kg.  Details of the body regulation were same as those of the 20th. 

ROBO-ONE 21st was held as the tournament with 48 robots which were winners of the local robot competitions, the 5th light and upper 46 place robots in the preliminary competition, 4.5 m Footrace.

4.5 m Footrace

In the last ROBO-ONE 20th, 9 m Footrace was carried out. It was clear that robot were divided into two groups, one was robots could walk the 9 m course within 1 minute and the other was fell down from the course.  All robots walked the course within 1 minute passed the preliminary competition.

Four meters and 50 cm Footrace was carried out as the preliminary competition to select 46 robots and to decide the tournament order.  Upper 46 robots could attend the tournament.  One hundred-four robots joined the preliminary 4.5 m Footrace.

Robots had to walk 4.5 m course with 90 cm width within 30 seconds.   Each robot time record taken 4.5 m walk, or the distance from start point if robot could not walk within 30 seconds, or robot fell down from the course was recorded.

Each robot tried just one time Footrace. The 4.5 m course seemed to be not flat in some parts and the center of the course was pasted sponsor advertise label. Therefore, it was not easy to walk through 4.5 m course for most of robots. A lot of  robots ran out of the course including Frosty, which seemed to be the fastest robot.  The result is here.

The 1st place was automo 05(Go-Wan) 7.78 seconds by holypong-san, the 2nd place was Garoo 11.21 by Kumama-san, the 3rd place was Chromkid 11.35 by Kupapa-san, the 4th place was  Tokotoko-maru 11.46 by Amino-san, the 5th place was Gergoil-mini 11.59 by Yoshida-san, the 6th place was Metallic Fighter 11.96 by Morinaga-san, the 7th place was Frog Food 13.06 by Shibata-san the 8th place was Aerobattler 13.93, the 9th was Corteju-Miharusu 15.71 and BLACK TIGER NEO, my robot was the 10th place, 15.72 seconds.

Just 40 robots could reach the goal within 30 seconds. Upper 10 robots were 15 seconds, the 11th to 16th robots were 20 seconds, 17th to 40th were 30 seconds.

Sanzai-san also reported details of 4.5 m Footrace (in Japanese).


4.5 m Footrace Videos of All Robots Joined ROBO-ONE 21st

At the beginning of 4.5 m Footrace, ROBO-ONE Committee announced Yoshimura-san entered to the ROBO-ONE Hall of Fame. Yoshimura-san is well known to God of ROBO-ONE and designer of KONDO KHR series robots. The first run was New R-Blue, LinkBlueMarkII custom-built by Yoshimura-san. The New R-Blue video is as follows;



Entry No.1~20
No1:R-blue, No2:Afuro, No3:Metalic Fighter, No5:BJ ASURA, No6:Takarobo, No7:Nagare-Gold, No8:Leguhorne, No9:Tokotoko-Maru, No10:Ganbatter, No11:Ryuketsu-kamen, No12:Ryuki ⅡO, No13:Zakyou-Hai, No14:Pi-co, No15:Hosenka, No16:Garoo, No17:Akakaze, No18:Ginkaji, No19:August, No20:Arutemis



Sep 3, 2012

ROBO-ONE 21st Biped Robot Fight in Tokyo (Part 1) ROBO-ONE Light 5th (Sep 1, 2012)

ROBO-ONE 21st sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo on Sep 1st and 2nd, 2012.   ROBO-ONE Light 5th took place on Sep 1st, 4.5m Footrace took place as the preliminary ROBO-ONE Tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) on Sep 1st and the main event ROBO-ONE 21st Tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) took place on Sep 2nd.

ROBO-ONE Light 5th

ROBO-ONE Light is robot fight tournament for robots on the market, which are officially recognized by ROBO-ONE Committee. Beginner, who gets 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 can attend the tournament. The winner of Light Class gets the right to attend the 21st ROBO-ONE Tournament on the next day.

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 ROBO-ONE 21st regulation nor 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 ROBO-ONE 21st regulation.

In the tournament, custom-built robots handicapped by about 500 g compared with officially recognized kits such as KHR-3HV. It was interesting that how builder of custom robot 1 kg or under overcame the weight handicap and which robot kit was 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.

Thirty-six robots joined the tournament. They were KHR-3HVs including ROBO-ONE Custom,  ISAMARO and custom-built robots 1kg or under.  RONO-ONE Light 5th tournament was carried out divided four blocks.

The most attractive robot was Haruo 86, a flying robot custom-built by Team Hachiroku (Amino-san).  Haruo 86 got downs from White Fox by flying kick.  However, Haruo 86 lost the game on a foul because Haruo 86 did not walk on the ground.   The 1st Stage, Haruo 86 vs White Fox is as follows.



All blocks winners were officially recognized robots. Custom-built UK1 robots could overcome the weight handicap 500g.   The Champion was Uchiman Z Gold (ISAMARO), the 2nd place was Banboo Custom (KHR-3HV Custom) and the 3rd place was Uchiman Z Red (ISAMARO). The results are here.

Sanzai-san also reported the details of  ROBO-ONE Light 5th in his blog (1) (2) .

Final Match: Uchiman Z Gold (ISAMARO) vs Baboo-Custom (KHR-3HV Custom). ROBO-ONE Light 5th champion was Uchiman Z Gold by Team Mogu-Mogu.  The champion got the right to join the 21th ROBO-ONE Tournament.



ROBO-ONE Light 1st took place at the same place on Mar 20th, 2010,  ROBO-ONE Light 2nd on May 22nd, 2010, ROBO-ONE Light 3rd on Oct 8th, 2011 and ROBO-ONE Light 4th on Mar 24th, 2012.

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