This is the fully functional test chassis for my Arduino based sumo robot. It will be competing in March, 2011. For the prototype I am using a piece of plywood to mount the motors, and a Kleenex box to house the electronics and to use as a mount for the IR distance sensors and th…

Cool bot! Cool robot, but why did you use 2 Sharp IRs? Kind Regards, Superpelican

Sharp IR I used two so that once the robot locks on with both sensors, if the opponent moves to the left or right my robot can follow and push it out of the ring. The field of view is narrow, but that helps with finding the target because the robot just spins around until both s…

Good luck sumo This is a cool test platform. Good luck in your competition. Do send pics and vids as available. Let us know how you did. I have to look into PWM some more. It sounds like a good way to go. I’m assuming it’s different from the motor control chip used in the Start …

Arduino Code My friend You could share programming code

schematic and Sumo code I’ve been trying to make this for a long time now with no success. Anyway we can see your schematic and program? Thanks:)

I want to see it in I want to see it in action!!! video please!!

Code I’ve updated the project with the latest revision of code. Please also read the Code Download section at the bottom of the page. Thanks!

Enjoyed reading your project Enjoyed reading your project which is very interesting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and good luck :slight_smile:

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How do I get the code?

How do I get the code?