This past Sunday night was the first really frigid night of the year, a night with the kind of weather that left the streets barren and delayed flights at O’Hare. But folks of all sorts, many even in ...

While some may be quick to dismiss the sport of sumo as a couple of fat fellas slapping each other about on a sandy floor, watch just a few bouts and you’ll soon come to appreciate the level of skill, ...

[MechEngineerMike] wrote in to share the enthusiasm over SimpleSumo, a series of open source, customizable robots he designed for mini-sumo battling and much more. For the unfamiliar, mini-sumo is a ...

Though lesser known that BattleBots, Robot Sumo has been around since at least 2004, when the ROBOlympics (now known as the RoboGames) was founded. The rules of the competition present some unique ...

We’ve seen robots chefs, robot police officers and even robot priests. The latest addition to this freaky lineup are robot sumo wrestlers. Robots are taking to the ring to compete in the traditional ...

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 ...