[David] over at Pololu programmed a mini-sumo robot, Zumo Red, with some extra smarts. The basic rules of sumo robotics is exactly like human sumo – push your competitor out of the ring. [David]’s ...

[David] over at Pololu programmed a mini-sumo robot, Zumo Red, with some extra smarts. The basic rules of sumo robotics is exactly like human sumo – push your competitor out of the ring. [David]’s ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. If you haven’t seen robot sumo wrestling before, then you’re in for a treat. Trust me. Most robot versions of ...

To uninformed Western audiences, sumo wrestling might seem like little more than two giant Japanese men bumping their large bodies into each other until one steps outside the fighting area. What gets ...

Eight-year-old Alodi Mourier wasn't sure what to expect yesterday at the San Francisco Exploratorium. Sumo wrestling -- with robots? That's what Alodi thought when she sat ringside waiting for Japan's ...

NEW YORK CITY—Say what you will about speed and power—it was TaeTay’s elegant spin moves that allowed the shoebox-size robot to slam its way to victory at the robot sumo tournament here in New York ...