PENGUIN ROBOT Sumo Wrestler - the Code

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Title: Penguin Sumo Wrestling
Code Name: penguin_sumo.bpx
Purpose: Penguin Sumo program to shuffle and stomp

While living in Asia, I visited a friend living on the other side
of the big city. High up in a very tall skyscraper, I was handed
the TV remote, and found a channel with Sumo Wrestling, live
from Japan. It was awesome! This is where I got the idea for
Penguin Robot Sumo Wrestler.

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' This code changes Penguin Robot into a Japanese Sumo wrestler in
' training, stomping high, shuffling the salt, preparing to take on
' other bots in Asia and the world!

' In Japan, Sumo Wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts.
' Having roots in the Shinto religion, the matches were
' dedicated to gods in prayers for a good harvest. The oldest
' records date back to 8th century, though Sumo is perhaps
' more than 1,500 years old.

' Sumo Wrestling is filled with tradition and ceremony. This
' includes "Shuffling" of feet in thrown salt, and "Stomping."

' Penguin Sumo demonstrates shuffling and stomping, exercising
' tilt and stride servos. This is also a good demonstration of
' controlling speed and agility.

' In the form of official Sumo, Pengiun will shuffle feet in the
' salt, take the home position, and stomp both feet. The action is
' to raise the leg slow and high, then fast stomp it down.

' The center value of both servos is set to a constant 1920 in
' the declarations section. Fine tune this by running the servo
' calibration program and note the center values of tilt and
' stride, and derive an average. Then change the constant from
' 1920 to the new value.

Post Edited (humanoido) : 1/4/2008 3:23:37 PM GMT