PR 36 - Perfect Robot XXXVI

This robot was built to compete in four sumo events.  After the first two, I decided to retire it, because it's matches weren't even close.

PR36 was designed to be the Perfect Robot (number 36...)  The name came from my favorite name for a computer game, Final Fantasy 8.  What happened to the first seven final fantasies? PR36 had all the features I could put into a sumo robot. 2 RCXs and 2 battery boxes held 24 batteries. 10 motors, 2 to flip polarity switches, and 8 for driving the robot. 8 wheels 8 sensors,     4 light for edge detection     2 rotation for speed/turning detection     2 touch to detect lifting/edge of field All connected with 24 wires, and 26 gears Over 1000 lines of code Total Weight: 6.6 lbs Estimated cost (of parts) ~$800

At Brickfest the average match time was 74 seconds.  PR36's average time was 7.4 seconds.  In it's lifetime of 13 battles, PR36 won in an average of 6.8 seconds.

Below: After some not-so-close matches at Sumo III, we had a final match, which PR36 also won...