Have you ever wondered how a robot views a sumo match? I have, so I bought a cheap non-audio Ebay wireless video camera and installed it on Sticky. Initial tests were promising so Sticky was entered in the 2005 NEIRG. New robot experimenter Dan Derrick was visiting for the weekend without a robot, so Sticky with the SumoCam was entered for Dan.
Sticky's first match was against Beefhouse and here is the results:
Sticky vs Beefhouse
The second match was against Extrasensory:
Extrasensory vs Sticky
The third match was against Titan, the eventual winner:
Titan vs Sticky
As can be seen, Sticky stopped running. The BS2SX was still running the program, but the motors were not moving. A few days later, I was pulling the motor control chips out and testing functions. Everything seemed OK. When all the chips were reinserted, Sticky ran perfectly again. I have no idea what went wrong. Oh, well. I can't be lucky all the time.
Sticky goes back on the old, retired robot shelf to await the next wild idea. |