The Robot Sumo Tournament was started by Hiroshi Nozawa, the founder of FUJISOFT, with the idea of "giving dreams to young people who are responsible for manufacturing, and knowing the joy of manufacturing." This competition has been highly evaluated by universities and educational institutions in more than 30 countries around the world as the best teaching material for learning robotics, and a total of 80,000 people around the world are actively developing robot sumo.
The robotics industry is expected to grow at an accelerated pace in order to resolve labor shortages and improve productivity, and along with the trend of DX (Digital Transformation), the importance of robotics education is increasing.
FUJISOFT will continue to contribute to the development of manufacturing human resources through robot sumo tournaments as a pillar of our social contribution activities. Thank you for your continued support of the Robot Sumo Tournament.
Mr. Satoyasu Sakashita
Committee President of the All Japan Robot Sumo Tournament and Fujisoft Incorporated.
It is a robotics competition category that simulates the Japanese national wrestling sport: Sumo (相撲). Robot sumo has two types of robots: RC and Autonomous. The first one is controlled by an operator through a radio-control system and the autonomous type is operated by itself with a computer code loaded in its system.
Robot sumo must weigh 3 kg or less and must measure 20 cm depth x 20 cm wide or less (no restrictions on Height) .
Two robots are placed in a Dohyo (fight area), when the judge says “Hakke-yoi Nokotta” the robots start fighting.
A robot sumo wins when the opponent robot touches the outside area of the Dohyo and must be design only to push, designs with weapons or devices to damage the other robot are prohibited.
Recently, the official categories for the All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament increased, the current official categories or classes are as follows:
**For 2023 Grand Final Mini-sumo category will be exclusive for Japanese Players.
Robot sumo is one of the best categories to learn fundamentals of engineering: mechanical design, manufacture, electronics and coding. The 5 principles of robot sumo are:
1. Fair Play-Security First
2. Generous Heart
3. Technology Transfer
4. Communication among players
5. Technology Challenge
"Robochan" is the name of our mascot, he is wearing a "mawashi", traditional sumo belt.
We are very proud of our mascot, for this reason it appears in our logo.
Every year the tournament is held on the second weekend of December in Ryōgoku Kokugikan Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. The general agenda of the tournament is as follows:
The All Japan Robot Sumo Tournament has collaborated with more than 30 countries since 1998. The following map shows our collaborations.
Mr. Toru Adachi
General Secretary of All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament.
Ms. Eri Baterdene
International Affairs of All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament.
1-1 Sakuragi-cho Naka-ku Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture, 231-8008, JAPAN.
Tel. +81-50-3000-2763
Email. mrobot@fsi.co.jp
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