ROBOT JAPAN 3 Event Videos (Video)
I've created a playlist (below) with eight videos of the Robot Japan 3 event held January 8, 2012 here in Tokyo. The videos include the final matches and playoffs in both the Middle Weight and Bantam Weight humanoid robot fights, the robot dance performances, and some of the robot demonstrations.
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All Japan Micromouse Contest 2011 – Participant Report
Yukimi Hayafune participated in the All Japan Micromouse Contest last year, including making into the final competition in the Freshman Class, which is quite an achievement. She was kind enough to submit this contest report and photos documenting her experience and the event:
The All Japan Micromouse Contest 2011 was held at the Tsukuba Capio building, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. It was the biggest micromouse crowd I have ever seen with over 300 participants, friends, and robot fans.
I competed in the Freshman Class. There were 99 competitors entered in the preliminary contest that is used to select the 30 fastest micromouse robots for the final.
[Note: “Freshman” refers to an entrant who considers themselves to be a micromouse beginner excluding those who completed the maze in the past All Japan Contest or the equivalent overseas contests. Also, those who are judged as an expert during the competition by a jury president are also excluded from the category of a freshman.]
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ROBOT JAPAN 3 Photo Gallery
The Robot Japan events are pure, unadulterated, entertainment. Much more than the usual humanoid robot battles, they include dance competitions, skits, and production values that easily rivals anything you would experience in a live theater performance.
Professionally produced, Robot Japan is staged twice a year at the Buddhist Hall, in Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan. The group also actively participates both as competitors and performers at Robogames held every April in San Mateo, California.
Here are the photos from the Robot Japan 3 event held last Sunday:
Robot Pro Wrestling Dekinnoka 10! – Nagare Gold vs. Thunderbolt (Video)
It isn't an accident that Nagare Gold bears a distinct resemblance to Godzilla in robot form. In fact, it even roars like Godzilla. But Thunderbolt, the latest creation of ROBO-ONE humanoid robot designer Yoshihiro Shibata, doesn't get intimidated easily. And, he's got a few tricks up his sleeve - or, more accurately, mounted on the top of his head. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but you would be well advised to watch the video of their Robot Pro Wrestling match below very closely around the 5:50 mark.
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Robot Pro Wrestling Dekinnoka 10! Main Event
As I mentioned before, Christmas Day for me here in Japan involved one of the most over-the-top robot events in the world, Robot Pro Wrestling Dekinnoka 10!
The competition is pure robot entertainment, a robotized version of professional wrestling that includes all of the fun, excitement, thrills, and laughs of its human counterpart. The major difference is that no blood is spilled and no brains are scrambled.
Luckily, I had a ringside seat for the Main Event, pitting MONSTER against SAAGA, and am able to share the video with you below.
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23rd All Japan Robo Sumo Tournament – December 2011 (Video)
I wasn't able to attend today's All Japan Robot Sumo Tournament in Tokyo due to previous business commitments, but Matthew Rose was able to make it and sent in the extensive playlist below including 17 videos of the lightening fast robot action.
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