Sumobot 4

16 Dec 2016 · 1 min

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Thomas Messerschmidt's live commentary of a sumo-robot match between Maya and Chip. Sensors set too high caused early trouble, but Maya circled, made contact, and won the bout.

You'll see what happens. Well, he might be underneath. He's circling, but he's not finding.
Underneath my view. Yep. You're looking over the head. So if big guy finds you, you're in trouble.
Oh! Oh, it's close!
Oh, come on!
Oh!
A little too high. So notice, guys, the sensors on the white robot are not working. They're set too high. They're not seeing the other robot.
Oh, you missed it.
Yours are too high too, Maya.
Uh-oh. What happened, Chip? Because I hit the white. My program stops on white. Oh, does it? Well, are you forfeiting this, Chip? I need to— yeah, I need to just— I need to try to move the sensor down. Well, is it gonna—
oh, that took care of that. So Maya has another win to