What is a Sumobot Contest?
Two robots, running the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework will compete against each other. The object of the game is to push the other Sumobot out of the a sumo ring. These robots can't do anything by themselves, and that is where you come in. The challenge is to program the brain of the Sumobot and make it smarter than the opponent.
On game day your Sumobot code will be downloaded to a real Sumobot and it will compete against other submitted Sumobot code. If your Sumobot code wins, you will advance to the next round. For the top three Sumobots, we have some great prizes.
For the official Sumobot rules, click here.
Schedule and Sumobot Project Submission Deadline
The competition opens on October 3rd 2006. You have until Wednesday November 22nd 2006 23:59 Pacific Standard Time (PST) to submit your project. When we receive your project, we will test if your project compiles correctly in Visual Studio 2005. If you code does not compile, we will notify the submitter so he or she can fix any issues we encountered.
Only the first 32 projects will be accepted. The competition schedule will be filled on the order of project received. Game day will be on Saturday December 2nd. The location of the Sumobot competition will be published on the WE-DIG website. We will host a live Scoreboard on the WE-DIG site.
Prizes
Grand Prize: An iMate JASJAR
The JASJAR is the World's first Windows Mobile(tm) 5.0 3G-enabled GSM/GPRS mini-laptop phone with WiFi.
Second Prize: a USB Web Camera.
Third Prize: an official WE-DIG logo shirt.
To Download .NET Micro Framework SDK click here. Join the community over on We-dig.org