Heavyweight Sumo

This is one of the robots I am building for this year's NRC. I'm trying an atypical wheel setup for this robot, which could be fast and maneuverable, or could result in an unstable robot with little grip; we'll see! You can find the contest manual for the specific challenge here: http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/joomla/index.php/downloads

Pushes other robots out of a ring, breaks ankles

  • Target environment: smooth plywood

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/heavyweight-sumo

Great job… Looks very

Great job…  Looks very "functional"

When do you mount the spikes & flamethrower?

Nice work! Very unique

Nice work! Very unique platform.

hahaha

wish I could…  at NRC they’ll disqualify you just for having sharp sheetmetal exposed :frowning:

Really nice layout.

Very creative design. Can’t wait to see it in action. Good luck in the competition.