First European Robot Sumo Championship on 20-21 March 2010 in Vienna, Austria

Two self-controlled robots are placed in a ring. The robots try to avoid falling out or avoid beeing beeing pushed out by the opponent robot. The first robot that touches outside of the ring loses.

This year, the European Robot Sumo Championship will be held together with RobotChallenge and European Championships will be awarded for six Robot Sumo weight classes for the first time:

  • Nano Sumo: up to 25 g, must fit in a 2.5 cm cube.
  • Micro Sumo: up to 100 g, must fit in a 5 cm cube.
  • Mini Sumo: up to 500 g, 10 cm by 10 cm, any height.
  • Standard Sumo: up to 3 kg, 20 cm by 20 cm, any height.
  • Humanoid Sumo: up to 3 kg, 20 cm by 20 cm, 50 cm height.
  • Mino Sumo Deathmatch

As in the traditional Japanese martial arts, the robots try to push the competitor off the ring.

Details about the event on www.robotchallenge.org

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The Centrobot project is financed from European regional development funds, the Federal Ministry of Science and Research as well as the Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth and is supported by the Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien.