Japan // Advanced Sumo

Todai Kassen

React first.

University of Tokyo // Tokyo

Crew: 3
Robots: 1
Track: Advanced Sumo
Founded: 2021
To Dhahran: 8,309 km

Robot catalog

The machine

TM-U01

Build complete

KuroSub-100ms reaction sumo // 3 kg sumoA black-anodised speed demon with in-house gearboxes and a magnet-assisted downforce system that lets it out-push robots twice its grip.

Reaction: < 100 ms
Downforce: Magnetic
Gearbox: In-house 1:30
Sensors: 5× IR

The crew

Who's behind the build

Haruto SatoTeam lead · Drive
Yui NakamuraControls
Ren KobayashiFabrication

Team dossier

Veterans of the Japanese robot-sumo circuit. Kassen's whole philosophy is latency: every gram and every microsecond is spent making the robot react before its opponent. Their gearboxes are machined in-house.

Their track: Advanced Sumo

From the pit // shot list

01Gearbox machining
02Magnet tuning
03Ring run
04Trophy shelf

Planned coverage. No pit photography exists yet.

One of the crews entered for the RoboNexus World Championship.

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