Electronic Design - Sumo Robot
An international Engineering company ran a Sumo Robot competition in Melbourne. In our final year we created the robot above and came second. We were very happy with the result.
Sumo robots have to be autonomous (we couldn’t use remote controls); to do this we used a variety of sensors. There are size/weight restrictions and finally you are not allowed to intentionally damage the arena or your opponent.
I designed and constructed custom PCBs to integrate off-the-shelf components. Our design used brushless DC motors geared down with planetary gear sets.
The chassis was constructed to our designs by a local sheet metal company
