Japanese Sumo robot contest

[Fredrik Andersson]

Even the Sumo robots are more advanced in Japan

I love those matador robots, those with flags to trick the enemy (especially in the slowmotion scene at the end)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OWopN7Wysg&eurl[/youtube]

[BANE]

wow, how do they get them to go so fast? 

[ishka]

Never seen faster robots. Nor so violent sumo contest  They litterately fly over the ring.
I wonder how much time their battery last ^^ Could be a strategy : low energy consommation and make your robot run fast around the ring ( say 50 times) then attack the opponent wich at this time would have no power left

[alovon]

Wow that was insane. that first match the black one threw the bigger silver one from the ring. That was AWSOME!

[emmannuel]

Wow those guys are pretty darn fast, but I've seen some sumo wrestlers be incredibly quick too.

For some odd reason I was expecting to see some of the robots throw salt in the ring.

[Admin]

At 4:48, you can see lots of sparks . . .