The Freakishly Fast World of Robot Sumo

Welcome to the lightning-fast world of robot sumo, where two robots battle it out for mechanical supremacy. But, keep your eyes peeled-robots that take years to build can be decimated within mere seconds. Robot sumo has developed into a furiously competitive sport in Japan, with participants spending years building their autonomous machines. Just ask Takahiro Ito, a robot designer and builder who spends 360 days a year working on his craft. It's a demanding sport that requiring extreme dedication, all for a few seconds of glory.
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[@Ragnarok043]

the one thing they completely glossed over in this video is that there are no remote controls, its all programed into the robot. thats how they can move so fast and precisely.

[@Night_Diver81]

Ragnarok043 I agree they should have made a clear mention of that critical fact.

[@frenciobencio]

1:41 he says after flipping the switch he can only watch... seems pretty clear...

[@Rwededyet]

It's always been a pet peeve of mine when people refer to remote control machines as 'robots'.

[@TeodorRosca]

Some of the footage presented here was also from RC. Up to a certain point, you cannot distinguish between the two.

[@amirsamir302]

Bencio That is when I got confused, up until that point I thought that they where remote controlled

[@kaiden3374]

This is raw anime material right here. >Main character >Sport > Main characters goal

[@puixel]

Soon

[@kirbyis4ever]

Some Guy Kai It's gonna happen if you like it or not.

[@christophermi2860]

There’s already an anime about mechanical combat competitions called RoboMasters

[@kaushalyafernando]

The next beyblades.

[@zengarden6407]

@SUNRISE MORE ROBOTS

[@damien_strix]

Big hero 6 has come full circle. San Frantokyo here we come

[@오세륜]

Burned Alive true ahha

[@alexandersonmei]

Fransokyo*

[@baitboy3191]

Would love to know more about the actual programming behind, this deserves a full fledged documentary

[@amanofcultur9903]

Well this looks like fun. **Blinks* Wtf

[@yassinazarkan4207]

Uncle Bob lmao

[@Thaipower-id1zp]

Uncle Bob n

[@GraxS]

**teleports behind you**

[@iudexe3103]

Grax omae wa mo shindeiru.... NANI!!!!!

[@puixel]

NANI?!!!!

[@JM_Tushe]

_"A match finishes in about five seconds…, just for that moment, I spent two years preparing…"._ Bro, that's so relatable.

[@maixuankhang6254]

*teleport behind you*

[@MinecraftNucIear]

nothing personnel kid

[@dannyherrera9105]

Nani?

[@msergio0293]

Dakine lmao 🤣🤣

[@misterclownman1895]

Tbh the fact some dude already programmed it to go behind enemy sumo robot and tackle them out this fast is really impressive

[@ahpinge2777]

@@MinecraftNucIear Personnel? Do you mean Personal?

[@charlie3552]

*N A N I ?*

[@muhammadal-awwabin3414]

Welp 爱 omaewa mo sindeuru

[@chocolatemotoko]

Hahaha! How many people more also get this joke?

[@nsamin1327]

Gad to scroll long enough to find this

[@vetonrecica5558]

**T E L E P O R T S B E H I N D Y O U**

[@mv2e19]

This was actually extremely entertaining. It takes a lot of skill to design the robots, and the fluidity, speed, and precise movements are just really incredible to watch.

[@Vylphix]

OMAE WA MOU, SHINDEIRU

[@timmehh4153]

NANI!!??

[@Vylphix]

Obye239 Thanks :D

[@02_sauce22]

*N A N I ! ?*

[@fireaza]

I'm a bit disappointed the robots don't scatter salt on the arena before the bout!

[@usmanesaleem]

fireaza 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@t-.-t.]

That would be a delight to watch. Flicking salt all over

[@EleanorPeterson]

Nice thought, fireaza! Chiyonofuji, rest in peace, you wonderful man. Hai!

[@Evangelion543]

Lol

[@Judgment89]

I thought it's rice?

[@MartinTabanag]

I filmed a robot sumo last december here in philippines for a client and it was really fun watching youngs kids making robots and making them fight. But this one is insane! It's so quick and fast! Im still in awe until now. Never knew it could be as fast and powerful

[@qubilahmui5398]

Can u send me your video of filming kids in Philippines playing sumo wrestling???

[@jayyzee5708]

Damn, fully automated and programmed to move on it’s own

[@crozraven]

Meanwhile on American robot wars: flamethrower, chainsaw, hammer, axe, spikes ...

[@wijaya4565]

Croz Raven I think robot sumo is pretty popular in all over Asia, or Southeast Asia (where I live) at least.

[@imashish86]

these are autonomous robots..whereas the american one's are RC devices... huge difference...

[@bayraktarx1386]

American robots are not robots and only few of them are amazing.

[@davidb5205]

Random negative comment about America on a video that isn't even tangentially related to the USA? Why am I not surprised? Robot war culture may not be developed in the USA, but robotics R&D certainly is. How many countries have the equivalent of a Boston Dynamics? Not many.

[@bayraktarx1386]

It's not random. Obviously.

[@nightwng]

Ahh.... *Omoe wa mou SHINDEIRU!*

[@BankruptGreek]

nightwng NANI?!

[@alibobobaba1337]

Love how the referee has on full knee pads

[@gochadc]

alibobo baba Those are robot legs

[@ElectricToast2099]

Gonzalo Duarte he's related to Lucio from Overwatch according to the lore.

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Those robots have fucking razor edges on them by standard design in order to inflict damage on their opponents. Ref needs that shit, he might get his knee chopped open.

[@JM_Tushe]

@@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany lol

[@randomworld4662]

When your society so advance that your kids playing with homemade advance robot

[@mdshahrear]

The dedication of innovative Jpanese people never ceases to amaze.

[@gantagavin]

His passion regarding robotics is really for sure second to none. I like this guy a lot!

[@Superboi100]

Man...Where in the world did this channel come from? By far one of the most unique channels i've ever seen since I joined KZbin...12 years ago

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

3 years later, the channel has come to an end, yet it shall be within our hearts forever

[@fjaajf]

Way better than the American robot battle

[@bayraktarx1386]

Well there are few amazing american "robot" battles.

[@Phonixrmf]

Fritz Asuro dude have you seen that documentary, Transformers??

[@pandaland1]

Nah this is like beginners for us

[@revimfadli4666]

The American and British ones have better robo-gore tho

[@sonofaquack6987]

Except battlebots Dat is good

[@whitenoise509]

I freaking love this channel! Always random, and always interesting.

[@slowlylosingmysanity9726]

When i first saw this i couldn't believe it. Like how fast it moves with 100% traction and precision. And it ends up being programmed to do specific moves. And is getting its traction from the magnets dragging it to the metal arena. I thought it was remote controlled and i was like "theres no way thats remote controlled. Millimetres from the white line there ain't no way a person could be that precise" so im here watching.

[@rexthethoughtfult-rex4337]

The match lasts as long as my relationship

[@LuzzBightyear]

dog doesn't count

[@xa-69prototype-19]

All three of you will be put behind bars

[@mahikantha]

This is why i love japan

[@紫藍-p2i]

こんな大会があってるなんて、全然知りませんでした❗ とても速すぎて、面白くて、笑ってしまいました。 頑張って下さいね、あなた達のような方が世界を変えていけるのですから❗

[@anishgupta4312]

2 years for 5 seconds.. must be very important.

[@shinobieuc]

That's your relationship aswell.

[@edwardwidjaja1926]

My Highschool teacher in Indonesia taught me how to make it

[@wijaya4565]

Edward Widjaja bodo amat bro, pasti lu orang KRI

[@megood1582]

Bodo amat kok sempet komen 😂😂

[@wisnuandre2038]

lo pasti cinak

[@wijaya4565]

Wisnu Andre Gak harus Chinese, lol.. Nowadays more and more public schools in Jakarta (including mine, SMAN 28 JKT) have a robotic club/organization.

[@Tea-Spin]

Untuk selevel itu mah hardware nya jg bagusan, musti pake dc motor yg high torque+ high rpm di dimensi sekecil itu.

[@Waswordon]

If you think about it an average robot sumo match last about 5 seconds but that's against themselves. So if the robots ever start rebelling against us we'll pretty much screwed before we can we blink.

[@elijenkins6129]

I with you. potentially they could move so fast we could hardly see them. we're in trouble

[@t-.-t.]

True true

[@h3lldiv3r]

Yeah im just gonna jump onto my couch and wait till it ran out of battery

[@AJJJJJJJJJJJJ]

someone could just program a computer to have a goal to destroy human kind and run 10000000000000 of simulations ....

[@galaxy9310]

I'm afraid for my toes lol.

[@MyLifeOfficial]

This is uber cool. However, the real great big story would be the tech and programming behind this. For real.

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Seriously, I can't believe I have seen those robot's motors SMOKE. Like what kinda engineering goes into these little buggers it's INSANE XD

[@AmoghRKanade]

Going back to Japan just for this. And Fuji San ofcourse 🤩

[@xxchxx2526]

Finally they made an a video on this ICONIC sport

[@rhanzie]

_Omae wa mou shindeiru_ *_NANI?_*

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

Rhanzier Liek Food *high pitch earrape*

[@mykeegetsit]

Rhanzier Liek Food did not expect this comment here lol

[@shadstyle]

Great Big Story always has the best background music ❤️

[@newscenecatcher8637]

NANI!!!!

[@sapphiresapphire9702]

He is like a real life version of Hero Hamda.

[@faktionfpv3590]

blinks behind you* OMAE WA MO SHINDIERU

[@lincan4108]

Here in indonesia we called it sumo robot, in 2009 my dad and his students broke new record (we called it rekor muri, just like guinnes but only in indonesia) for the biggest sumo robot competition at that time

[@leontransit1652]

Actually better than Battle Bots **Teleports Behind You** Nothing Personnel Kid

[@2OXX]

This would be such a cool anime. Like there is some guy that makes robots and then does robot sumo against other people. Maybe sorta like Pokemon or something.

[@henriccarlsson9052]

I for one, welcome our robot Overlords.

[@Stormtrooper--dx1xj]

From robot sumo to full gundam duel..... Hopefully

[@Stormtrooper--dx1xj]

Axel Pingol I saw the match and tbh the robots are still far from gundam..... We need gundam

[@MA-naconitor]

Wow! The judges are wearing leg protection. Must be quite powerful small robots!

[@AlbertoDsign]

Sensors to prevent it from exiting the white line, and vacuum to suck it to the floor. Your winner right there. And, a slap arm. It would be funny to sit on the ground, and launch the other robot flying in confusion out of the ring.

[@asdf-ce1zi]

How are they controlled? Is it already pre-programmed or are there remote controls that I am not seeing?

[@Fierag]

Basketball programming and use of ir sensors, accelerometers etc all calibrated for one goal.

[@muhammadal-awwabin3414]

Basketball they're using program called "omaewa mo sindaeru"

[@jmoa5758]

Muhammad Al-Awwabin NANI?!?!?

[@nikurou9025]

You'd have to have inhuman reaction speeds to compete at this level with a remote control lol. It's programmed.

[@AKA_Gray]

*N A N I ?!*

[@psn1992]

Fast action. Felt an adrenaline rush

[@문동선-j7d]

Very fascinating! I'm so impressed.

[@AlbertoDsign]

They should make the robots salute each other and then return to position at the start of each fight.

[@anotherordinaryguy4992]

1:09 every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

[@nahometesfay1112]

He means he goes to the lab almost every day

[@marianijamal2145]

The more dangerous version: battlebots

[@289pinto]

That was awesome and impressive!

[@KruddMan]

i'd like to know more about the technology behind these

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

A weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

[@DIRTYYETTI]

That’s incredible how fast and precise those move

[@hatednyc]

Do they go to the replays often? How else can you tell who fell out first?

[@eugenebarrett]

So now a sub 3 minute video is a GREAT BIG STORY, thanks a lot internet

[@tsunderejesus9043]

2:31 that was satisfying

[@kohjunkai3446]

This should be in e-sports or at least a sport which is being recognized in the world

[@jexli]

*blinks omaewa mo shindeiru NANI? *DESTROYED

[@dominicperez3777]

Wow that was quick.

[@britshell]

Those little Roombas are tough.

[@1996mrconanedogawa]

The closest thing we get to see to a crush gear anime

[@Stellarspace95]

Their government is so lucky to have such brains where they can just sit back and observe then steal those ideas and implement them in warfare. Can you imagine a fighter jet with this kind of reflex technology?

[@bldjln3158]

Airplanes don't have reflexes, sorry to break it to you

[@rufus3549]

So basically Sumo but with Fast Roombas

[@deenanthekemoni9821]

Get em Yagi-7

[@budicaesar1213]

* *Teleports behind you* *

[@YZFR1mart]

Jesus Christ they're fast. Imagine trying to fight one of them with a remote controlled version. . You wouldn't stand a chance.

[@hotdogkiller3905]

So THATS where that meme came from

[@carl1341]

what kind of sensors do they use here? for detecting the opponent

[@ricaputri6606]

Amazing ❤

[@kumabanh1744]

The way he described the tournaments reminded me of GBF

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

Yeah… I agree. I’d say that Bandai Namco Filmworks inc.(what Sunrise[the company that made Gundam] is now called) would be a good studio for an anime around Robot Sumo(which *I WANT TO SEE!* That is so cool of an idea)

[@emanymton6268]

But how do they work? Are they radio controlled or is there a predetermined algorithm? What are the robot requirements? Is there a weight limit? I wish the video was slightly more information dense

[@belialofeden]

*NANI?? OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU!!!*

[@hawjsta]

That escalated quick

[@poptop7607]

ITS SO FAST MY PHONE IS GETTING KILLED

[@bzsgzs]

This can make a cool manga story

[@Zhanto-j5d]

I made one outta legos, it was basically a rock.

[@plasticfork4827]

*teleports behind you*

[@ratdestroyeralpha]

Um is it just me or did I see freakishly fast sushi robot

[@diosmauncle1298]

*APPEARS FROM BEHIND* *OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIROU* *NANI*

[@bennyl.6025]

Does someone know what motors/ servos they are using?

[@DeimosSaturn]

IF these robots were produced in vast numbers and given swarm networked intelligence, with a small high performance chip set, like a hybrid GPU NPU CPU chip with a transformer AI model, these could be used as a weapon against a large group of people, such as boots on the ground infantry, or a violent mob of looters, or just a single individual, without necessarily killing them. Imagine thousands or even millions of little sumo robots like this that can just slide underneath your feet with a kind of conveyor belt, and then lift you up, all working in tandem, autonomously, as a single unit. And then you're sort of buried beneath a pile of them, and the ones beneath you can take you wherever they want. All they would need to do is wait for you to leave a closed space they can't access, in which case you would only be imprisoning yourself by avoiding this. And even if you had a lawnmower ready, you would never be able to drive it far enough or fast enough to outrun them. Eventually you would run out of fuel and the lawnmower can be safely lifted and brought anywhere they required.

[@오세륜]

Sugoi their work is Genius!!it looks fun too and it does remind me of big hero 6 Ahaha 😂😉

[@j.g.a.2399]

This feels like the C.A.T.S. game

[@donutello_]

Fake where's the transformations and monologues

[@leopardsquad4825]

Up your but and around the corner

[@Mindraker1]

You do realize the application for this: Light Fast Cheap Deadly All you need are groups of these bots working together and you have some serious shit.

[@c.d.9430]

Reminds me of that Hiro Disney movie

[@humanskull182]

Wait. This is all done with AI??? No controllers are involved?? That's awesome!

[@terrancebrown87]

It wasn’t as impressive at the start, then I realized that they’re not controlling the robots...

[@kennedyforce2335]

I wait this till it get in anime

[@terrencetunnock9046]

*OMAEWA MO SHINDAIU* *NONI* *BEUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

[@juicicle5171]

Lmao on my screen it says 7 seconds ago, though it's probably 3 minutes now that I watched it.

[@kimjeff2362]

Robots are not only replacing humans at work or sex but even in sports.

[@DigitalicaEG]

Plawres Sanshiro , if anybody gets this reference I will be surprised

[@katfoode3222]

why? cus you think nobody knows that manga?

[@theworldoverheavan560]

What

[@theworldoverheavan560]

mahchymk93 change your profile pic

[@PrimusProductions]

Plastic Model Wrestling

[@yxgnorme5646]

Its all fun and games until they robots start facing you

[@brameshwaraness1857]

I never knew San Frantokyo was real

[@randomexplixteamrb5934]

I have a book about how to build your own robot sumo bot

[@carolineee2032]

Can i borrow one to sweep my floor?

[@cookieclicker6543]

you know, why dont they make a robot that is literally a metal nipple on wheels so that no matter which way the other robot comes at it it will roll over the nipple bot thing