Aside from aiming to popularize robot sumo, which is a sport consisting of two robots trying to push each other towards the edge of the arena, the team wants to push the competition to the next level.

In Sumo Robot competitions, robots push competitors outside a circular ring. The robots use electric motors and Arduino boards, and are programmed by middle school students.

[David] over at Pololu programmed a mini-sumo robot, Zumo Red, with some extra smarts. The basic rules of sumo robotics is exactly like human sumo – push your competitor out of the ring. [David ...

There are plenty of Arduino-based robots in the world, but actually building one is a bit tough if you're not familiar with Arduino programming. But a company called ArcBotics has created an ...

[David] over at Pololu programmed a mini-sumo robot, Zumo Red, with some extra smarts. The basic rules of sumo robotics is exactly like human sumo – push your competitor out of the ring. [David ...

French designer Paul Ferragut has built a robot that throws a bunch of dots on canvas and calls it art. (That’s also known as the entire career of Georges Seurat.) The Arduino-controlled Time ...