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SUMO Robotic Competition

Smart Innovation for a Sustainable future

INTRODUCTION

🤖Sumo is a traditional sport competition in Japan.

🤖It is like a wrestling game in which one must push its opponents out of the game field or ring.

🤖In this competition, instead of people, robot will be used.

🤖These robot will push each other out of the designed game field.

🤖This is an autonomous and RC sumo robot competition. For the autonomous, the robot is not controlled by any human operator.

🤖The robot must have the intelligent to find its opponent and push its opponent out.

🤖Other than that, the opponent robot must have the ability to stay inside the ring especially when it detect that it is at the edge of the ring.

🤖For the RC sumo robot, the player must control the robot by using remote control as described in the law.

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Sumo Robot Competition
📅 30 November 2025
🤖Build and battle your robot in an adrenaline-pumping arena!
✨ Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an exciting innovation movement!
💡Let’s create, connect, and compete together at FIMiEx2025.
🕸️For more information, please visit our website at https://fimiex.umpsa.edu.my/
📞 Contact Persons:
Dr. Ahmad Nazif (+6016-283 6445)
En. Halim (+6019-234 5178)

IMPORTANT DATES

17 SEPTEMBER 2025 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT

Click HERE to register

17 SEPTEMBER 2025 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

29 NOVEMBER 2025 - 30 NOVEMBER 2025

SUMO ROBOTIC DATE

REQUIREMENTS

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Category

🌱 500g Autonomous Non-Magnetic Sumo Robot

🌱 500g RC Non-Mangnetic Sumo Robot

📩Objective: to build a mobile robot capable of pushing their opponent out of the specified ring, as well as complying with the rules and regulations of the tournament

📩Teams: Each team consists of two members and one manager with age unlimited allowed to enter the game field during a match

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General Information

Dimensions & weight:

📌The size of the robots shall not exceed 100mm (length) x 100mm (width). There is no height restriction and it may take any shape and size once the match begins.

📌The weight of the robot shall not exceed 500g

📌Refer to the  dimension_sumo.pdf

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Robot Design!

The robot must not have a device that interferes with the sensor operation of its opponent e.g. Jammer, strobe light, laser & etc.

Robots shall not damage the arena deliberately.

Robots shall not throw liquid or powder or other substances at the opponent.

Robots shall not employ any flammable devices as a weapon.

Robots should not secure itself on the ring surface by using, suction cups, diaphragms, sticky treads, glue, magnet or other such devices.

Projectile weapons are prohibited

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Robot Control!

RC Sumo: Robot

💡The robot must be controlled using a wireless remote control.

💡Any disruption to an opponent's control system is not allowed at all.

💡Participants should take precautionary measures to avoid this disruption.

💡If an opponent's control system or wireless interference occurs, the organizer will not be responsible.

💡Any form of external physical disruption is also not permitted

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Another Robot Control

Autonomous Sumo Robot:

✏️The robot shall be autonomous. No external form of control or any external intervention is allowed.

✏️The Robot is to be started/stopped with start button

✏️Clearing of Debris: Fallen items from the robots shall be removed after each match

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Ring Specifications

Dimensions and Materials:

🪐The ring arena is made of a plywood plate.

🪐The surface of the Ring will be a smooth mattle black painted finish.

🪐The diameter of the ring is 770mm ± 20mm including the boundary marking

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Ring & Marking

Markings:

✅Two dark colour starting lines (100mm x 10mm) locate at 100mm apart at the centre.

✅They indicate the starting positions for two competing robots.

✅The boundary of the ring arena is marked in white colour. The width is 25mm.

Ring Condition:

✅The ring condition may vary slightly and participants should design and build their robots with robustness in mind

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Game Rules

 Sumo Game

📐The game will use tournament management software Challenge with either double elimination format or round robin format (group) which includes scheduling, polling and scoring

📐Winner will be decided as follow (round robin format):

-----🥇Most number of wins

-----🥇Highest point

📐In the case of withdrawal of a team, the opponent will be given a win with a 2 point score.

🕹️No time out will be given throughout the game

INSPECTION:

🛄Robots shall be inspected before the start of the game.

DISMISSAL & CANCELLATION –

🎲Dismissal: Judges can stop a match if:-

🎲Teams damages the game field or any competition props.

🎲No spirit of fair play (fair play) and friendship among the participants

🎲Participants disobey instruction from the judges

CANCELLATION:

❌The judges can cancel a match / participation of a team if

❌A robot does not comply with the competition specification.

❌Robots have provocative writing or images.

❌A participant wears provocative clothing.

❌Participants shows or says a provocative gesture or signal or words

 

OTHERS:

🌷 Only one robot is allowed to be used for each team. (No sharing of robots is allowed).

🌷 The robot must be developed and built by the participating teams themselves.

🌷 All participant must follow instructions given by the judges.

FEE

SUMO Fee

  • 🤖Local: RM100
  • 🤖International: $30 USD

AWARD

✨All participants will be given a certificate.

✨Only one medal will be awarded to each winning group.

✨A fee will be charged if the participant needs an additional medal.

✨An additional medal with postage cost is RM60.

✨Names listed are based on spelling and order during online registration.

The jury's decision is final.

— Contact
Faculty of Industrial Management
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah,
Lebuh Persiaran Tun Khalil Yaakob,
26300 Kuantan, Pahang
+609 431 5012
fimiex@ump.edu.my