Xbotr

Xbotr is a robot that competed in the 2020 Virtual Sumo Competition on Roboton.io. Its strategy is to spin around, until an opponent is close, where it would then charge. It did great, making it to the Finals.

## **Virtual Sumo Competition 2020**

**Round 1**- In the first round Xbotr fought Joaof. In the 1st game of the match, Xbotr tracks down Joaof and charges. Xbotr misses, and spins around. They find Joaof and charges again. Joaof gets flipped over by Xbotr, and Xbotr spins around and pushes Joaof out of bounds, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game of the match, Xbotr spins around. Joaof randomly rams at walls and turns arounds. Joaof charges infront of Xbotr, who pushes him out of bounds, making the score 2-0. In the 3rd game of the match, Xbotr spins around, while Joaof randomly charges at walls and turns around. Joaof charges at Xbotr, who tries to charge back, but Joaof gets underneath and pushes Xbotr out, making the score 2-1. In the 4th game of the match, Joaof charges at a random wall and points at Xbotr. Xbotr charges at Joaof, pushing them out, making the score 3-1, causing Xbotr to win and move on to Round 2. In the 5th game of the match, Xbotr starts spinning, while Joaof turns of a wall and charges at Xbotr. Xbotr spins out of the way and tries to push Joaof out of bounds. Joaof avoids getting pushed out, but lands upsidedown. Xbotr sturggles against the wall for a short time, and then tracks Joaof and pushes them out of bounds, making the final score 4-1

**Round 2**- In the second round Xbotr fought jesusroboton. In the 1st game of the match, Xbotr starts spinning, while jesusroboton moves along the outside of the arena, with Xbotr slowly getting closer and closer. Then Xbotr charges at jesusroboton, trying to push them out. jesusroboton barley avoid being pushes out and move towards the center of the arena. Xbotr follows jesusroboton. Xbotr pushes jesusroboton while they are turning, causing jesusroboton to land sideways on one wheel. jesusroboton then moves on the one wheel, out of bounds, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game of the match, jesusroboton moves around the edge while Xbotr spins in circles. jesusroboton charges close to Xbotr, and Xbotr pushes jesusroboton out of the arena, making the score 2-0. In the 3rd game of the match, jesusroboton charges at the edge of the arena and gets stuck there. Xbotr spins around and slowly approaches jesusroboton. Xbotr eventually pushes jesusroboton out of the arena, making the score 3-0, and Xbotr moves on to the Top 16. In the 4th game of the match, jesusroboton charges at Xbotr. Xbotr spins out of the way, and pushes jesusroboton out of bounds, making the score 4-0. The 5th game of the match played out like the last, causing the final score to be 5-0.

**Top 16**- In the Round of 16, Xbotr fought attempt one. In the 1st game of the match, attempt one moves directly forward, and Xbotr charges at attempt one, pushing them out, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd round of the match, Xbotr starts spinning around. attempt one turns off a wall and charges at Xbotr, pushing them out, making the score 1-1. In the 3rd round of the match, Xbotr spins around, while attempt one stays close to their side of the arena. attempt one then charges close to Xbotr, who starts pushing them in a circle. Eventually one of attempt one's wheels gets on Xbotr's wheels and attempt one flips upsidedown, but landed on their wedge only. Xbotr then pushes attempt one out, making the score 2-1. In the 4th game of the match, Xbotr charges straight at attempt one, while they move forward. Xbotr pushes attempt one out of bounds, making the score 3-1, meaning Xbotr advances to the Quarter Finals. In the 5th game of the match, attempt one charges to the side of Xbotr. Xbotr spins in the direction of attempt one, and pushes them out, making the final score 4-1.

**Quarter Finals**- In the Quarter Finals, Xbotr fought Matematico02. In the 1st game of the match, they both spin around while getting slightly closer to each other. They then both charge, and Xbotr gets underneath Matematico02, pushing them out, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game of the match, Matematico02 starts spinning, while Xbotr charges at Matematico02. Xbotr then stops charging and starts spinning. Matematico02 then charges at Xbotr. Xbotr's wedge gets under Matematico02 and pushes them out, making the score 2-0. In the 3rd round of the match, they both start spinning. Matematico02 then charges at Xbotr, while their wedge is facing the other way, and pushes them out, making the score 2-1. In the 4th match of the game, they both start spinning. They then both charge at each other. Xbotr's wedge gets under Matematico02, and Xbotr pushes them out, making the score 3-1, meaning that Xbotr moves on to the Semi Finals. In the 5th round of the match, they both start to spin. They both then charge at each other. Xbotr begins to spin again, and Matematico02 pushes Xbotr out of bounds while their wedge is facing the other way, making the final score, 3-2.

**Semi Finals**- In the Semi Finals, Xbotr fought MidnightCrow. In the 1st game of the match, they both charge at each other. Xbotr had the tighter turning and gets under MidnightCrow and pushes them out of bounds, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game of the match, MidnightCrow charges at Xbotr while they are spinning. Xbotr spins out of the way and pushes MidnightCrow. MidnightCrow gets off balance and lands on one wheel. They get back on two wheels near the edge where Xbotr pushes them out, making the score 2-0. In the 3rd game of the match, the same thing happend except MidnightCrow landed upsidedown and was pushed out by Xbotr, making the score 3-0, meaning that Xbotr moves on to the Final. In the 4th game of the match, they both charge at each other. MidnightCrow gets under Xbotr and pushes them out, making the score 3-1. In the 5th game of the match, MidnightCrow, charges at Xbotr. They spin around each other, and MidnightCrow almost flips over, but doesn't. They spin around some more, until MidnightCrow, flips over and is pushed out, making the final score, 4-1.

**Finals**- In the Finals, Xbotr fought Moai. 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 them out of bounds, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game, both charge directly at each other. Xbotr gets underneath and pushes Moai out, making the score 2-0. 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 2-1. 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, 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 2-3, meaning Xbotr loses, and Moai is the Virtual Sumo Competition 2020 Champion.