Lego mindstorm sumo bot ideas
We figured that would help us get under the wheels and push or topple the opponent. Nothing unique, most robots have something like that in the front. However it was hard to get the right angle of attack. So the software needed some work. A simple algorithm that turned out to generate a pretty advanced behaviour! We were four people in the team — Dave and Jenny, me, and Lars. As for my role, well, it was mostly coaching. I did end up writing most of the code, but that was in tight collaboration with the kids.
The big learning for me is how incredibly important and powerful it is to iterate fast! And to do end-to-end integration testing early and often. The usual agile stuff in other words. So when Robit entered the arena he was already an experienced battle-scarred combatant! Initially I was hesitant to give it away, since we might compete again. Woooow, soooooo fun to read about this. It must be times more fun to do this with your own kids and get some of their energy.
I remember mentoring 4th year engineering teams building robots that would navigate a maze and put out a candle. The simplest algorithm and approaches generally won; the more complicated approaches generally broke down fairly quickly. Wow I had no idea it was this new and this involved — Jenny and David were awesome and I just assumed they had been doing it for years!
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Crisp's Blog from the Crisp Consultants. Posted on by Henrik Kniberg. This robot can also line follow. It has a back bumper for aligning straightening the robot by bumping into walls and objects and a third large motor for attachments. There are a few variations on the build available on this site.
Brian Wheeler, Hoosier Girlz. This robot is a good starter robot. The sensors in front act as a bumper. Bayou Bot - EV3 Build. This is a robot that has a strong outer frame with shielded color sensors.
It uses two color sensors, an ultrasonic and a gyro. It uses large motorcycle wheels and a ball wheel. This robot has been physically built by the designer. This robot is made with parts in the EV3 home edition only.
It has a basic system for attaching motorized and passive attachments. Optimal Prime - EV3 Build. This is a quick-build robot that uses only 37 pieces including motors, sensors and wires.
It features the gyro, touch and color sensors. This is a base robot similar to the one available in the Educational EV3 set , but constructed with parts available in the NXT set. Driving Bas3 - EV3 Build. This is a base robot similar to the one available in the Educational EV3 set , but constructed with parts available in the retail set. They feature three sets of wheels and two ultrasonic sensors each. To learn more about these robots, read this article.
It uses Mindsensor's SumoEyes. It is shared here with his permission. Download the "Custom Remote". In the false-colored picture, the pink tooth gear that is directly connected to the EV3 Large Motor touches the turquoise tooth gear. This "gearing down" increases its torque three times, for increased pushing power.
The center motor operates the yellow "flipper" arms for upending opposing robots in a Lego Sumo or Battlebot competition. Four-Wheel Drive Sumo Bot. EV3Lessons does not take responsibility for the quality of build instructions provided. Please refer to our copyright license information. If you use any materials in a contest with or without modification , you must document and inform judges where the original ideas came from. To view in lessons in English, switch your language to English above.
Not all lessons are here or none at all , because no translations have been provided. Sanjay and Arvind Seshan Droid-Bot 2. This is a software limitation.