ROBO-ONE 19th Biped Robot Fight in Kawasaki (Part 3) ROBO-ONE 19th Tournamnt (Oct 9, 2011)

ROBO-ONE 19th sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall in Kawasaki City on Oct 8-9th, 2011.    The 19th ROBO-ONE which scheduled on March 19-20, 2011 was postponed by East Japan Earthquake.

In ROBO-ONE 19th,  ROBO-ONE Light 3rd took place on Oct 8th, 9 m Footrace took place as the preliminary ROBO-ONE tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) on Oct 8th and the main event ROBO-ONE 19th tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) took place on Oct 9th.

ROBO-ONE 19th Tournament (Light Class, 3kg or Under)

ROBO-ONE 19 was held as the tournament with 48 robots which were winners of the local robot competitions and upper place robots in the preliminary competition, 9 m Footrace. 

Nine meters Footrace was carried out as the preliminary competition to select 48 robots and to decide the tournament order.  Upper 48 robots could attend the tournament.  Sixty-nine robots including robots which had the right to join the ROBO-ONE 19th, also attended the preliminary 9 m Footrace.

The winner was Garoo by Kumama-san, who also got a prize of 5 hundreds thousand yen.  The second place was HammerHead by Osaka Sangyo University Robot Project. Hammerhead is well-known as one of Kansai-Shitenno (Kansai Big Four).  The 3rd place was Super-DhygarⅢ by Hironocchi-san, who was the winner of ROBO-ONE 17th (last Light Class, 3 kg or under).  Result of the tournament was here.  

Videos of 2nd Stage, 3rd Stage, Quarterfinal, Semifinal, For 3rd Place and Final match were uploaded in IKETOMU Channel.  All matches videoes were also uploaded in SHR009 Channel.   Intersting videos were as follows;

The 2nd Stage Matches
The 2nd Stage 3: Tokotokomaru vs EXA
Tokotokomaru moved by high speed funs. However, the funs had too high power to control robot. Tokotokomaru fell down from the ring and lost the match.


The 2nd Stage 9: G-Saaga vs Chromkid
G-Saaga threw Chromkind with Back-drop and perfectly executed move in the middle of the ring. G-Saaga got two Knock-donwns as a bold (Oh-waza). However the match went into overtime and Saaga lost the match by sudden-death.


The 3rd Stage Match
The 3rd Stage 6: Leguhorn vs Gergoil Revenge
Gergoil Revenge custom-built by Yoshida Familiar was the highest robot among joined robots. It had long parallel-linked legs as mantis. The winner was Leghorn.


Quaterfinal Matches
Quarterfinal-1: Heil Light vs HammerHead


Quarterfinal-2: Super Dhyger Ⅲ vs Frosty
Super-Dhygar Ⅲ was defending champion of ROBO-ONE Light Class(3kg or under). Frosty was known to a back-flip robot. The match went into overtime and the winner was Super-Dhygar Ⅲ.


Quarterfinal-3: Chromkid vs Leguhorn
The winner was Leghorn.


Quarterfinal-4: Garoo vs Excelion
The winner was Garoo.


Semifinal Matches
Semifinal-1: HammerHead vs Super-DhygarⅢ
The winner was HammerHead.


Semifinal-2: Leguhorn vs Garoo
The winner was Garoo.


For 3rd Place Match: Super-DhygarⅢvs Leguhorn
The 3rd place was Super-DhygarⅢ.


Final Match: HammerHead vs Garoo
Before the final match, Garoo had a machine trouble and had to change servo moter. It took about 1 hour. Garoo recovered and got the championship.


ROBO-ONE Light Class (3 kg or Under) of 15th on May 4, 2009 and 17th on March 21, 2011 were also described in this blog.

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ROBO-ONE 19th Biped Robot Fight in Kawasaki (Part 2) 9 m Footrace (Oct 8, 2011)

ROBO-ONE 19th sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall in Kawasaki City on Oct 8-9th, 2011.    The 19th ROBO-ONE which scheduled on March 19-20, 2011 was postponed by East Japan Earthquake.

In ROBO-ONE 19th,  ROBO-ONE Light 3rd took place on Oct 8th, 9 m Footrace took place as the preliminary ROBO-ONE tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) on Oct 8th and the main event ROBO-ONE 19th tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) took place on Oct 9th.

Regulations of ROBO-ONE 19th
The major regulation was the weight of robot, which was 3 kg or under 3 kg.  Details of the body regulation were here.   Video of the regulation check by ROBO-ONE Committee was as follows;



Preparing Robots and Warm-Up in the Backstage
In the 4th floor of Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall, robot builders were preparing their robots and warming up for the preliminary competition, 9 m Footrace of ROBO-ONE 19th tournament.  Video was as follows;





9 m Footrace

ROBO-ONE 19 was held as the tournament with 48 robots which were winners of the local robot competitions and upper place robots in the preliminary competition, 9 m Footrace. 

Nine meters Footrace was carried out as the preliminary competition to select 48 robots and to decide the tournament order.  Upper 48 robots could attend the tournament.  Sixty-nine robots including robots which had the right to join the ROBO-ONE 19th joined the preliminary 9 m Footrace.

The 1st ROBO-ONE 9 m Footrace took place at Housquare Yokohama, during Humanoid Helper Project 3rd as the preliminary competition of  ROBO-ONE 19th tournament (Light Class, Under 3 kg) . Winner robot, Deshumit(15.30 seconds) got the right to attend the 19th ROBO-ONE. 

Robots had to walk 9 m course with 90 cm width within 1 minute.   Each robot time record taken 9 m walk,  or the distance from start point if robot could not walk within 1 minute, or robot fell down from the course was recorded.

Each robot tried just one time Footrace. The 9 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 9 m course for most of robots. Most of  robots ran out of the course including Frosty, which seemed to be the fastest robot. Just 26 robots could reach the goal within 1 minute.

The winner was automo 05(Go-Wan) by holypong-san. It took 12.88 second. The 2nd place was Balt, 17.69 second. The 3rd place was G-Saaga by Igaa-san, 20.84 second. Details of the result were described here.

9 m Footrace videos of all robot joined ROBO-ONE 19th were as follows;

The 3rd Place was G-Saaga by Igaa-san, 20.84 seond.


The 2nd Place was Balt by Sato-san Chiba Institute of Technology, 17.69 second.


The 1st place was automo 05(Go-Wan) by holypong-san, 12.88 second.


Test robot No.0 and No.1~12
No.0 Test, No.1 Takarobo, No.2 Yokozuna-Great-Shiranui-2daime, No.3 Akakaze, No.4 Brainwalker, No.6 Gattender, No.7 D2, No10 HammerHead, No11 EXA, No12 Raihi


No.13~No.24
No.13 Battistrada tipo04 Hiodoshi, No.15 Super Dhydar Ⅲ, No.16 Leguhorn, No.17 Nonerietto, No.18 LINX, No.19 Neutrino-MEGA, No.20 G-Saaga, No.22 BLACK TIGER NEO, No.23 Box, No.24 Cyclops


No.25~No.34
No.25 Excelion, No.26 Michael, No.27 Neutrino-R, No.28 Gin-kaji, No.29 BIMA, No.30 Chakra, No.31 Corteiju, No.32 Hayabusa, No.33 Thebe, No.34 NITRO


No.35~No.44
No.35 Zaurar-IS, No.36 B-Kaji, No.37 Kurou, No.38 JOKER, No.39 Simple Fighter, No.40 automo 05(Go-Wan), No.41 Chromkid, No.42 Garoo, No.43 eagle-ZERO, No.44 Fantom


No.46~No.56
No.46 Tuerst, No.47 Heirlight, No48 MACHINICLE, No.49 Another Day, No.50 Fanta☆Star, No.51 Fernand, No.52 Balt, No.53 Excelion, No.54 Rits-Gigas, No.56 ARMS ver2.0


No.57~No.69
No.57 Kurenai, No.58 EV-01 Type, No.60 Aerobattler, No.61 WALKER, No.62 August, No.63 Pi-co, No.64 Tokotokomaru, No.67 Kinopy, No.68 Hercules, No.69 Hikaru


No.70~No.77 & No.66
No.70 OmniZero.13, No.71 DeKarle, No.73 Gargoil Revenge, No74 Daigakku, No.75 EinHorn, No.76 Taki Renjiro, No.77 Doka-Fighter, No.66 Frosty


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ROBO-ONE 19th Biped Robot Fight in Kawasaki (Part 1) ROBO-ONE Light 3rd (Oct 8, 2011)

ROBO-ONE 19th sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee, took place at Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall in Kawasaki City on Oct 8-9th, 2011.    The 19th ROBO-ONE which scheduled on March 19-20, 2011 was postponed by East Japan Earthquake.

In ROBO-ONE 19th,  ROBO-ONE Light 3rd took place on Oct 8th, 9 m Footrace took place as the preliminary ROBO-ONE tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) on Oct 8th and the main event ROBO-ONE 19th tournament (Light Class, Under 3kg) took place on Oct 9th.

ROBO-ONE Light 3rd

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 19th 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 19th 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 19th 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-two robots joined the tournament. They were 4 KHR-2HVs, 10 KHR-3HVs, 3 TINNYWAVEs and 4 FREEDUM Jr, Ⅲs, RIC-30, G-ROBOTS GR-001 and 9 custom-built robots 1kg or under.

In the RONO-ONE Light 3rd, custom-built UK1 robot could overcome the weight handicap 500g.  Because 2 of 4 robots in semifinal match were custom-built robots and 2 robots in final match were custom-built robots.

The Champion was Hiten (custom-built by Richium-san), the 2nd place was BAUM (custom-built by the University of Electro-Communications Robomecha-Kobo Team), the 3rd place was RFJ1 (TINYWAVE by Robot Factory) and the 4th place was Bamboo (KHR-3HV by Battle Bamboo).  Hiten got the right to join ROBO-ONE 19th.  The result was here.

Semifinal 1st match: Bamboo vs BAUM.  The game ended in a draw. BAUM won by the decision of referees.


Semifinal 2nd match: Hiten vs RFJ1. The winner was Hiten.


For the 3rd Place match: Bamboo vs RFJ1.  The 3rd Place was RFJ1.


Final Match: BAUM vs Hiten.  ROBO-ONE Light 3rd champion was Hiten.


ROBO-ONE Light 1st took place at the same place on Mar 20th, 2010 and ROBO-ONE Light 2nd on May 22nd, 2010.

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M4-1, custom built 4-legged robot using Mercury Leg Set (Oct. 7, 2011)

Craft House reported M4-1, 4-legged robot using Mercury Leg Set, custom built by Magnet-san who was a member Kyushu Robot Training Meeting. Mercury, parallel-link leg kit was put on the market by Craft House on Jan. 28, 2009.

Mercury Leg Set can be divided into two parts. It seems to be easy to use the divided leg part as the leg of 4-legged robot for KONDO KRS-4000 series servo such as KRS-4013HV and KRS-4014HV. The 4-legged structure is similar to that of KMR-P4 which will be put on the market in this month.

Video of the new custom-built robot is as follows;



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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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