RoboCoast Sumo Competition

On Tuesday 7^th May, Pacific participated in the RoboCoast Sumo Competition in Mountain Creek. The event was the largest Sumo competition to be held in Australia with more than 130 teams competing on the day. The teams represented more than 25 schools between Cooran and Mount Gravatt. Pacific entered four primary teams and five secondary teams.

In a sumo competition, two robots are set 10 centimetres apart on a round board. Once the initial program is uploaded to the robot, the robot runs autonomously. After a countdown, the robots are started and try to push one another out of the ring and off the board. The losing robot is the robot pushed off the board completely.

After seven long rounds, three of the secondary teams moved into the finals for the day. After some serious competition our team ‘Liam’ comprising of Julian and Liam (Year 7) came second. The winning team of seniors from Chancellor State College had a great robot design.

It was amazing to watch how well the students cooperated and worked as a team to solve problems. Well done to all students who competed on the day and congratulations to team ‘Liam’ on their second place!