Announcements

We are pleased to announce the rules for the 27th ROBO-ONE Light competition, scheduled at the Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 8th and 9th, 2025.

-the 27th ROBO-ONE Light competition rules-
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1496_e7141efc3a71191c3e40e8a924927336original.pdf

Tournament details will be released by the end of January.
Please join us.

The 27th ROBO-ONE Light will be held at the Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 8-9, 2025.

March 8th: Preliminary Battle
March 9th: Final Tournament

The competition rules will be released soon (up to 3 months before the tournament).
We look forward to your participation.

At the "43rd ROBO-ONE Competition Rules Briefing", participants asked several questions, and to clarify the competition rules and correct errors, the following four revisions will be made.

Revision 1.
5.1 Movement Method (c) states, "When moving, move with the robot's hands at least 50 mm away from the floor of the ring.
Revised to "When moving, keep your arms at least 50 mm away from the floor of the ring."

Reason: It is difficult for the referee to determine whether the robot is down, so move not only your hands but also your elbows at least 50 mm away from the floor.

Revision 2.
As stated in Explanation 2-3., walking three or more steps means walking three consecutive steps.
Reason: Clarified.

Revision 3.
in 10.5.4 OWAZA(h)

"However, you cannot use a successful move during ultimate time again."

In response to the opinion that it is not possible to determine whether an OWAZA was valid when participating in auto, the following item is added.

"When participating in auto, you can operate to tell the robot that it was valid. The operator raises his hand to the referee and requests to operate. The operation time is 10 seconds."

Reason: To accommodate auto

Revision 4. Explanation 25 Owaza/Forward Roll Crab Claw

"It is valid if the player's robot pinches the opponent with both feet while rotating 180 degrees and the opponent's upper body touches the ring."

"While your robot rotates 180 degrees, place the opponent's robot between both of your robot's legs, sandwiching the opponent and knocking them down. The Owaza is considered valid when the opponent's upper body touches the ring."

Changed to
"While your robot rotates from 180 degrees to 270 degrees, place the opponent's robot between both of your robot's legs, sandwiching the opponent and knocking them down. The Owaza is considered valid when the opponent's upper body touches the ring."

Reason: There was an error in the angle, so we will correct it.


https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1468_fee1001a9b03f3b6848ff828ca03c65eoriginal.pdf

(Participants can also watch the video of the competition rules briefing from the technical information on your My Page.)

The 43rd ROBO-ONE Competition Rules Briefing will be held on September 7, 2024 from 5:00 PM on Zoom (webinar).
Participants and those thinking about participating are welcome to join.
Certified referees are also encouraged to join to review the competition rules, as we expect the number of certified tournaments to increase after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zoom information will be sent to registered players in early September.

In section (e) of 11.5.5. Owaza,
"Crouching movement" will be revised to "Crouching walking".
The reason for the revision is that it is difficult for the referee to judge the three-step movement when the crouching movement is small.

(Revision of Competition Rules)
(e) For the Owaza, it is excluded from the lateral attacks and sacrifice attacks. Crouching attacks are prohibited, but this does not apply if crouching movements are included during the attack. You may crouch and walk up to 3 steps just before the attack. In addition, lateral attacks, sacrifice attacks, and crouching in "Owaza" are not fouls even if they fail.
"Crouching walking" refers to "walking" as defined in 5.1(a) while crouching.

Revised version
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1459_0b1a1af02aa0c9253e48f9d384711b76original.pdf

Applications are now open for the 43rd ROBO-ONE presented by MISUMI.
https://www.robo-one.com/en/roboones/index/74
Please apply to participate in the tournament by September 10th.

Please apply through My Page.
My Page https://www.robo-one.com/en/users/mypage
If you have not yet registered as a player, please register below.
Player registration https://www.robo-one.com/en/registrations/about/

A social gathering will also be held on the first day of the tournament (September 21st).
Please apply by August 31st.
Application page http://www.robo-one.com/en/socials/

The competition rules will be revised to clarify the points that have been asked so far.

Please understand this before participating. Applications will be accepted from August 10th.

(Revision summary)

1. We have received many inquiries about walking, so we have defined walking and movement.

2. The following big move (forward roll crab) has been added.

(Revised competition rules)
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1453_aac0b751d45e9676abeb19634c8b8d0foriginal.pdf

We are pleased to announce the rules for the 43rd ROBO-ONE competition, scheduled at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center on September 21st and 22nd, 2024.

-the 43rd ROBO-ONE competition rules-
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1430_6d733294ac90fae4a53953197a677e79original.pdf

Tournament details will be released by the end of June.
Please join us.

About MISUMI presents 43rd ROBO-ONE

MISUMI presents the 43rd ROBO-ONE is scheduled to be held at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center on September 21st and 22nd of this year.

This tournament will be held as a preliminary competition in which all participants will participate in a "qualifying battle" in a tournament format from the first to second matches, and the winning robots will advance to the final tournament on the second day.


In the preliminaries, we have been working on contributing to the evolution of robots in ways other than fight competitions, but for this tournament we decided to focus on the following two points.
1. Evolution of attractive techniques such as OOWAZA
2. Evolution of auto

Competition rules will be released in mid-May. It will also be explained at the ROBO-ONE conference on June 1st.
https://www.robo-one.com/conferences/index/18
Please join us.

There were some deficiencies in the 26th ROBO-ONE Light competition rules, so we will make the following two revisions.
Thank you for your understanding and participation.

-Revised Rules
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1415_352ef258e096ff972299a561899b2d07original.pdf

Revised (1).
The correct part 3 of the 26th ROBO-ONE Light participation flow is as follows.

"ROBO-ONE Light weighs less than 1.2 kg (1.5 kg or less if participating in auto)."


Revised (2)
There was an inquiry as to whether crouching is possible during the 5m dash in the qualifying round, and after deliberation by the judging committee, we have clearly stated that "crouching is prohibited" in competition rule 7.1.1(d).

Due to venue and operational circumstances, we would like to inform you of the following revisions to the competition rules and a request from the management. Thank you for your understanding and participation.

1. Revised competition rules (revised in blue)
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1413_3a640c0659b356d82ae8bc71cf133f95original.pdf

In the qualifying 5m dash, operators competing in auto will also be able to operate manually. The venue will be crowded, so this is to prevent confusion and ensure safety.
Auto contestants will apply for Auto at the standards screening and receive an Auto sticker to put on their name tag. After that, participation will be by auto, except for the qualifying rounds.

2. Request from management
About camera shooting
Photography using stands/tripods is prohibited inside the venue. Please understand that this will obstruct viewing and passing.

The 26th ROBO-ONE Light competition rules briefing session will be via Zoom webinar.
However, the event will be held only in Japanese, so if you are participating from overseas and have any questions, please get in touch with us in English. We will respond individually.

inquiry
https://www.robo-one.com/en/contacts/

Date and time February 17, 2024, 17:00-18:00
(Pre-registration for this webinar is not required. You can join below.)
Thank you.

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Zoom webinar
Event time: February 17, 2024, 05:00 PM Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
Topic: 26th ROBO-ONE Light competition rules briefing session

Click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83938209286?pwd=bmZUWlVmb2NhcG14bUFMMHNVTjc0dz09
Passcode: robo-one

The Bipedal Robot Association (General Incorporated Association) will hold the 26th ROBO-ONE Light, a bipedal robot fighting competition, with the aim of improving manufacturing technology and popularizing bipedal robots.
Please apply to participate in the competition by February 15th.
https://www.robo-one.com/lights/index/72

You can watch the tournament at the venue. The venue will be crowded during the qualifying rounds, so please watch the tournament from the afternoon tournament.

https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1400_46cc5a635414f01ce931d711c0a860cboriginal.pdf

Also, the Twitch ROBO-ONE Channel will be streaming live from the morning preliminaries, so be sure to check it out!
https://www.twitch.tv/robo_one

Thank you.

We are pleased to announce the competition rules for the 26th ROBO-ONE Light, scheduled to be held on March 3, 2024.

<26th ROBO-ONE Light competition rules>
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1394_7ec445ac359d846e9cd997581d4c9896original.pdf

The ROBO-ONE Light tournament will be held in one day. We are also planning to hold a certification competition on March 2nd.


March 2
・Certified tournament
March 3rd
・ROBO-ONE Light Qualifying/Rumble
・ROBO-ONE Light Final Tournament

Details of the competition will be released in December.
Please join us.

The 42nd ROBO-ONE Competition Rules Briefing will be held on Zoom (webinar) from 17:00 on September 9, 2023.
All participants and those who are thinking of participating are welcome to attend.
Also, it seems that the certified referees will also be holding more certified competitions after the end of Corona, so please join us to check the competition rules.
The application deadline is September 10th. Please apply early.
Please apply for participation after registering as a player below.
https://www.robo-one.com/registrations/about/

Zoom information will be sent to all registered players in early September.

We will release the MISUMI presents 42nd ROBO-ONE competition rules scheduled to be held at the Kanagawa Youth Center on September 23rd and 24th, 2023 as follows.

[42nd ROBO-ONE Competition Rules]
http://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1355_518cf720c83688d4792eb094ada8d081original.pdf

Details of the competition will be announced at a later date.