The 14th KONDO BATTLE at Galaxcity in Adachi-ku, Tokyo (Mar 29, 2014)

The 14th KONDO BATTLE sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU CO., LTD took place on Mar. 29, 2014 at Galxcity in Adachi-ku, TOKYO.    The 14th KONDO BATTLE was carried out as KHR Class and Open Class.

The regulation of KHR Class was following the 20th ROBO-ONE fight regulation and KONDO CUP body regulation, and Open Class was following the 24th ROBO-ONE fight regulation and body regulation.

Ten KHR Class robots and 13 Open Class robots joined the competition.  KHR Class robots were divided into 2 pre-leagues as A and B.  The 1st and 2nd place robot of each league joined the final tournament.   Open Class 13 robots were divided into 3 pre-leagues as A, B and C. The 1st and 2nd place of each league and the 3rd place of C pre-league joined the final tournament.

The winner of KHR Class Tournament was Azusaburo by Azusa-san and the 2nd place was Rapural by Shirakaze M-san.  The winner of the Open Class was Gargoyle KID by Yoshida familia and the 2nd place was Chromkid by Kupapa-san.

Results are described here.    Videos of eachtournament competition were uploaded to IKETOMU Channel. Tournament videos are as follows;

KHR Class:
Semifinal: Rapural vs Kobis. The winner was Rapural.

KHR 9th Anniversary KONDO Battle took place at Arts Chiyoda in Tokyo (Aug 24, 2013)

The 9th KHR Anniversary, Robot competition, sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU CO.,LTD took place at Arts Chiyoda in Tokyo on Aug 24 and 25th, 2013. The KONDO BATTLE KHR class took place on Aug 24th. The games were shown on `USTREAM KONDO-ROBOT Channel` from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm (JST) and videos were keeping in the Channel.

KHR-1, KHR-2HV, KHR-1HV and KHR-3HV can join the KHR class. Sixteen Robots joined were 2 KHR-1 based robots, 2 KHR-2HV based robots, 1 KHR-1HV robot and 9 KHR-3HV robots. The body regulation is the same as KONDO CUP KHR class. BLACK TIGER, my customized KHR-1 robot also joined the group B. Robots were divided into 4 groups. Preliminary league was carried out in each group.

Final tournament was carried out with four robots, which were the 1st place robots of each group. The 1st place robot of A group was YutaRobo AT by Hiroshi N, B group was Cavalier by Emanon, C group was Banboo-custom by Battle-Banboo, Cochromkid by Kupapa.

Semifinal: Semifinal: Yuta-Robo vs CoChromkid
The winner was CoChromkid. 

The 10th KONDO BATTLE at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, Tokyo (Mar. 3, 2012)

The 10th KONDO BATTLE sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU CO., LTD took place on Mar. 3, 2012 at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, TOKYO.    The 10th KONDO BATTLE was carried out as Student Class, Open Class and Exhibition Class.   Winner of Student Class and Open Class got the right to join the final tournament of  the 20th ROBO-ONE in Kawasaki on Mar. 25, 2012.  The main regulation following the 20th ROBO-ONE was the weight of robot, which had to be 3 kg or under 3 kg.

Twenty-two robots; Student Class 9, Open Class 6 and Exhibition Class 7, joined the competition.
The 10th KONDO BATTLE had 6 tournaments as Student Class Regular Tournament, Open Class Regular Tournament, Exhibition Class Regular Tournament, Student Class Back Tournament, Open Class Back Tournament and Exhibtion Class Back Tournament.  Back Tournaments were held by loser of the Rugular Tournaments.

The winner of Student Class Regular Tournament was Kurou-2gou, custom-built by Chiba Institute of Technology Team, Open Class was Gargoil-mini by Yoshida Family, Exhibition Class was Garoo by Kumama-san.   Kurou-2gou and Gargoil-mini got the right to join the 20th ROBO-ONE tournament would be held on Mar. 25, 2012.  The winner of Student Class Back Tournament was Cortejyu, Open Class was Chrom-kid and Exhibition Class was Nagare-Gold.

Results are described here.    Videos of the competition were uploaded to IKETOMU Channel. Interesting videos are as follows;

The 7th and 8th KONDO BATTLE took place at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, Tokyo (Sep. 23, 2011)

The 7th and 8th KONDO BATTLE sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU CO., LTD took place on Sep 23, 2011 at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, TOKYO.    The 7th KONDO BATTLE was carried out as Student Class and the 8th KONDO BATTLE was carried out as Open Class and Exhibition Class.   Exhibition Class could be joined who has the right to join the 19th ROBO-ONE in Kawasaki on Oct 8-9, 2011.

The main regulation following the 19th ROBO-ONE was the weight of robot, which had to be 3 kg or under 3 kg.    Winner of the Student Class and Open Class could get rights to join the 19th ROBO-ONE tournament.

Fourteen robots; Student Class 3, Open Class 7 and Exhibition Class 4, joined the competition. Trofy Get Tournament was also held by all robots joined.

The games were shown on `USTREAM KONDO-ROBOT Channel` from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (JST) and videos were keeping in the Channel.

The winner of Student Class was JOKER, custom-built by the University of Electro-Communications Robomecha-Kobo Team, Open Class was automo 05(Go-Wan) by holypong-san, Exhibition Class was Chrom-kid by Kupapa-san and Trofy Get Tournament was Frosty by FrostyDesign-san.   JOKER and automo 05(Go-Wan) got the right to join the 19th ROBO-ONE tournament would be held on Oct. 8-9, 2011.

Results are described here.   All videos of the competition were uploaded to IKETOMU Channel. Interesting videos are as follows;

Student Class:
Final: JOKER vs Tweast, The winner was JOKER.


Open Class:
The 1st Stage: Gattender vs BLACK TIGER NEO.  BLACK TIGER NEO was autonomous, on the other hand Gattender was radio controlled.   The winner was Gattender.


The 1st Stage: DeKarle vs automo 05(Go-Wan).   The winner was automo 05(Go-Wan).


Semifinal: Gattender vs Cavalier.   The winner was Gattender.


Final: Gattender vs automo 05(Go-Wan).   The winner was automo 05(Go-Wan).


Exhibition Class:
Semifinal: Garoo vs Gargoil mini.  The winner was Gargoil mini.


Semifinal: Chrom-kid vs Frosty.  The winner was Chrom-kid.


Final: Gargoil mini vs Chrom-kid.  The winner was Chrom-kid.


Trofy Get Tournament:
The 1st stage: Gattender vs Garoo.   The winner was Garoo.


The 2nd stage: JOKER (Winner of Student Class) vs Chrom-kid (Winner of Exhibition Class).  The winner was Chrom-kid.


The 2nd stage: Cavalier vs Gargoil mini.   The winner was Gargoil mini.


The 2nd stage: Garoo vs automo 05(Go-Wan) (Winner of Open Class).   The winner was automo 05(Go-Wan).


The 2nd stage: Tweast vs Frosty (Jumping robot) . The winner was Frosty.


Semifinal: Chrom-kid (Winner of Exhibition Class) vs Gargoil mini.   The winner was Chrom-kid.


Semifinal: automo 05(Go-Wan)(Winner of Open Class) vs Frosty (Jumping robot).  The winner was Frosty.


Final: Chrom-kid (Winner of Exhibition Class) vs Frosty.  The winner was Frosty.


The 2nd and 5th&6th KONDO BATTLE were also reported in this blog.

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The 5th and 6th KONDO BATTLE took place at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, Tokyo (Aug. 27, 2011)

The 5th and 6th KONDO BATTLE sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU CO., LTD took place on Aug 27, 2011 at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, TOKYO.    The 5th KONDO BATTLE was carried out as Student Class and the 6th KONDO BATTLE was carried out as Open Class and Exhibition Class.   Exhibition Class could be joined who has the right to join the 19th ROBO-ONE in Kawasaki on Oct 8-9, 2011.   Winner of the Student Class and Open Class could get rights to join the 19th ROBO-ONE tournament.

The games were shown on `USTREAM KONDO-ROBOT Channel` from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (JST) and videos are keeping in the Channel.

The main regulation following the 19th ROBO-ONE was the weight of robot, which had to be 3 kg or under 3 kg.   Eighteen robots; Student Class 7, Open Class 8 and Exhibition Class 3, joined the competition.   Losers of Student Class and Open Class also joined the Exhibition Class tournament.

The winner of Student Class was Digakku custom-built by Akitsuka, Open Class was Chrom-Kid custom built by Kupapa, Exhibition Class was Garoo custom-built by Kumama.   Daigakku and Chrom-kid got the right to join the 19th ROBO-ONE tournament would be held on Oct. 8-9, 2011.

Results are described here.   All videos of the competition were uploaded to IKETOMU Channel. Interesting videos are as follows;

Student Class Semifinal: Hayabusa vs Tweast
The winner was Tweast.


Student Class Semifinal: Daigakku vs JOKER
The winner was Daigakku.


Student Class Final: Tweast vs Daigakku
The winner was Daigakku.


Open Class 1st Stage: Chrom-Kid vs Gattender
The winner was Chrom-Kid.


Open Class 1st Stage: Infinity vs DeKarle
The winner was DeKarle.


Open Class Semifinal: Chrom-Kid vs Cavalier
The winner was Chrom-Kid.


Open Class Semifinal: automo 05(GO-Wan) vs DeKarle
The parallel-linked leg of automo 05(GO-Wan) was a new type of Mercury for the highest torque (67kg・cm) KONDO servo, KRS-6003HV.
The winner was automo 05(GO-Wan)


Open Class Final: Chrom-Kid vs automo 05(Go-Wan)
The winner was Chrom-Kid.


Exhibition Class 1st Stage: Garoo vs α NEXT
The winner was Garoo.


Exhibition Class 1st Stage: Frosty vs Gattender
Frosty, well known as a back flip robot, moved by jumping. The winner was Frosty.


Exhibition Class 1st Stage: BLACK TIGER NEO vs Core α
BLACK TIGER NEO was autonomous and Core α was radio controlled. The winner was Core α.


Exhibition Class 2nd Stage: Garoo vs Gattender
A big robot, Gattender with parallel-liked legs, used the highest torue servo, KRS-6003HV for all axes.
The winner was Garoo.


Exhibition Class Semifinal: Garoo vs Core α
The winner was Garoo.


Exhibition Class Semifinal: Frosty vs JOKER
The winner was Frosty.


Exhibition Class Final: Garoo vs Frosty
The winner was Garoo.


Winners Final Rumble Fight: Exhibition Class winner Garoo, Open Class winner Chrom-Kid and Student Class winner Daigakku
The winner was Garoo.


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The 2nd KONDO BATTLE in Akihabara (May 3rd, 2009)

The 2nd KONDO BATTLE sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU CO., LTD was carried out on May 3rd, 2009 at Clark Memorial International High School, in Akihabara, TOKYO. The 2nd KONDO BATTLE had three tournaments which were Exhibition Class, Open Class and Student Class. Exhibition Class could be joined who has the right to join the 15th ROBO-ONE in Kawasaki on May 4th, 2009. The Open class winner could get a right to join the 15th ROBO-ONE tournament. Student Class winner also could get a right to join the 15th ROBO-ONE tournament.


The main regulation was the weight of robot, which have to be 3 kg or under 3 kg. Thirty robots; Exhibition Class was 9, Open Class was 12 and Student Class was 9, joined the competition.

The winner of Exhibition Class was Garue (Kumama), Open Class was Gargoil (Yoshida Familia), Student Class was Dorukas (SHIBAUA INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY). Gargoil and Dorukas got the right to join the 15th ROBO-ONE tournament would be carried out on next day, May 4th, 2009.

The topic of this competition, BLACK TIGER NEO which was autonomous robot, could won 2 robots which were radio controlled in the Open Class.

The video of BLACK TIGER NEO autonomous fight and each class final match videos are as follows:

BLACK TIGER NEO (autonomous) vs KLRV (radio controlled)


BLACK TIGER NEO (autonomous) vs Phantom (radio controlled)


Exhibition Class Final match, Garue vs Daigakku


Open Class Final match, Gargoil vs Armdoll


Student Class Final match, Dorukas vs Doriler