Robo-One Robot competition - March, 2005:
The Robo-One bipedal robots are based on the KHR-1 platform and have generated a huge following in Japan, along with prime time television segments, glossy fan magazines and even autograph hounds.
Robo-One Robot competition - March, 2005:
Robo-One fights are one-on-one matches that pit two bipedal robots against each other. The robots are capable of incredible flexibility, and often do backflips or cartwheels to gain the advantage over their opponent.
Robo-One Robot competition - March, 2005:
The unexpected happens often adding to the excitement, like when a small robot suddenly defeats a giant, or when two robots become so hopelessly entangled that it takes five minutes to get them apart. And, like all contests in Japan, there are always pretty girls...
"Hobbyists started the PC era, hobbyists with dial-up modems created BBS systems and started the internet era, and now robot hobbyists are creating the robotics era."
-Sinclair Donald
Senior Robotics Engineer
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