Talk:Robo One

The current page is certainly a good start, and should prove beneficial. However, there are quite a few errors in the current text, for example:

"RoBo-One" - the official name is ROBO-ONE.

"This category is no world wide standard and different rules apply according to were the contest is held. There has been Robo-one contests in several countries including Korea and the United states (held by Robogames)."

The only competitions officially authorized by the ROBO-ONE committee are in Japan and Korea. The US competition is loosely based on the Japanese event from several years ago, and is not recognized by the ROBO-ONE committee at this time.

"The robots are usually build with RC Servos as actuators and mounted together with sheet metal shapes. Different sensors are used by the robot to perceive its surroundings. A micro controller or equivalent is controlling the robots movements and if the robot is autonomous it also adjusting the robots behavior according to what the sensors is picking up."

While this description is generally true, it needs to be expanded and clarified.

"As of 2007 there have been ten competitions in Japan and the 11th is held in March 24 in the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo."

This only refers to the primary ROBO-ONE competition, and doesn't reference the other ROBO-ONE competitions and events like the Grand Prix series, ROBO-ONE Special, ROBO-ONE J, ROBO-ONE Technical Conference, etc.

Also, the primary competitions are actually two day events with the first day dedicated to 2 minute autonomous technical demonstrations by each robot that are scored by a panel of expert judges. Only the top scoring entries qualify to participate in the bouts on the second day.

"There is no world wide standard in measurements and weights in this category and different contests got it own robot specifications."

The 'world wide' standard is established by the ROBO-ONE committee, and is used for any officially authorized competition.

"Rules - As there is no world wide standard, different rules apply to different contests but some include agility, football or wrestling."

The rules are actually very well defined, and have evolved over the past five years as the ability of the robots and their builders has improved.

"Robo-One Kits"

This section is somewhat misleading. There are a number of humanoid robot kits that have been used as the basis for ROBO-ONE entries, including the three that are currently listed. However, none of them are ROBO-ONE kits.

Tempusmaster 06:09, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Tempusmaster