Moai

Moai is a robot that competed in the 2020 Virtual Sumo Competition on Roboton.io. Its strategy is to back up until it is at the end and then strike at the opponent. It did very great, winning the competition.

## **Virtual Sumo Competition 2020**

**Round 1**- Moai did not compete in round one since it got a bye.

**Round 2**- In the second round Moai fought Taiho. In the 1st game of the match, Taiho starts spinning around, while Moai backs up. Moai then charges at Taiho, pushing them out of bounds. In the 2nd game of the match, the same thing happened, as in the 1st game of the match, making the score. 2-0. In the 3rd game of the match, while Moai is backing up, Taiho charges at Moia, pushing them out of bounds, making the score 2-1. In the 4th game of the match, things happened the same way they did in the 1st and 2nd game of the match, making the score 3-1, meaning the Moai advances to the Top 16. In the 5th game of the match, Taiho, pushes Moai out while they are backing up, making the final score 3-2.

**Top 16**- In the Round of 16, Moai fought Roboroller. In the 1st game of the match, Moai backed up and rammed at Roboroller, while they were spinning around. Roboroller attempted to roll out of the way of Moai. Moai turned to track Roboroller and pushed them out of bounds, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game of the match, Moai abandoned their normal way of backing up, and rammed straight at Roboroller, while they are spinning. Moai attempts to push Roboroller out of bounds. In its the last moment, Roboroller rolls a wheel over Moai's wedge and is back in the fight. Moai stops moving, while Roboroller backs up. Moai then tracks Roboroller and pushes Roboroller out of bounds, making the score 2-0. The 3rd game of the match, was the same as the 1st match of the game, making the score 3-0, meaning Moai, moves onto the Quarter Finals. The 4th match of the game happened the same as the second, but Roboroller wasn't able to recover on the edge, making the score 4-0. In the 5th game of the match, Moai charges at Roboroller, and Roboroller charges at Moai. Moai pushes Roboroller closer to the edge, then Roboroller pushes Moai away. They have a back and forth, until Moai pushed Roboroller out of bounds, making the score 5-0.

**Quarter Finals**- In the Quarter Finals, Moai fought ThunderDrive. In the 1st game of the match, they both spin to try to point at each other. Moai has the faster turning and pushes ThunderDrive out of bounds, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd match, Moai, moves back, points at ThunderDrive, and pushes them out, making the score 2-0. The 3rd and 5th game played out like the 1st, and the 4th game played out like the 2nd, making the score 5-0, and Moai advancing to the Semi Finals.

**Semi Finals**- In the Semi Finals, Moai fought Query. In the 1st game of the match, Moai charges straight at Query, while Query takes a curved path to Moai. Query get under Moai, and pushes them out, making the score 0-1. The 2nd game of the match was the same as the 1st, but Moai gets under Query and pushes them out, making the score 1-1. In the 3rd game of the match, Moai backs up and charges at Query, while Query goes in from a curved path. Query gets under Moai, pushing them out, making the score 1-2. The 4th round played out the same as the last, but Moai getting underneath Query and pushing the out, making the score 2-2. In the 5th round played out the same as the 2nd, making the score 3-2, meaning that Moai makes it to the final.

**Finals**- In the Finals, Moai fought Xbotr. In the 1st game of the match, Moai backs up, while Xbotr spins in circles. While Moai is about to push Xbotr, Xbotr stops spinning and charges Moai. Xbotr gets under Moai, pushing the out of bounds, making the score 0-1. In the 2nd game, both charge directly at each other. Xbotr gets underneath and pushes Moai out, making the score 0-2. The 3rd game of the match played out the same as the 1st, but Moai gets under Xbotr, pushing them out of bounds, making the score 1-2. In the 4th game of the match, Moai backs up, while Xbotr spins in circles. Moai pushes Xbotr, from the side, while they are spinning, and pushes them out, making the score 2-2. In the 5th game of the match, In the 5th game of the match, that will decided the winner of the competition, Moai charges straight at Xbotr. Xbotr spins around. Moai pushes Xbotr while they are facing perpendicular. Moai then pushes Xbotr out of the arena, making the score 3-2, meaning Moai wins, and is the Virtual Sumo Competition 2020 Champion.