FriendlyBot

friendlyBot is a robot that competed in the March 2021 Virtual Sumo Competition on Roboton.io. Its strategy is to track the opponent and push the off. It did very well, reaching the finals.

## **Virtual Sumo Competition March 2021**

**Round 1**- In Round 1, friendlyBot recieved a bye and advanced to the next round.

**Round 2-** In Round 2, friendlyBot fought against zakila. In the 1st match of the game, friendlyBot tracks down zakila and pushes them out, making the score 1-0. In the The exact same thing happened in the rest of the fights making the score 5-0, meaning that friendlyBot advances to the Round of 16.

**Round of 16**- In the Round of 16, friendlyBot fought against Patatona. In the 1st game of the match, friendlyBot tracks down Patatona and pushes them out, making the score 1-0. The exact same thing happens in the rest of the fights, making the score 5-0, meaning that friendlyBot advances to the Quarter Finals.

**Quarter Finals**- In the Quarter Finals, friendlyBot fought against Roundabout. In the 1st game of the match, they both track each other, with Roundabout getting underneath and pushing friendlyBot, making the score 0-1. In the 2nd game of the match, they both track each other, with friendlyBot getting underneath Roundabout and pushing them out, making the score 1-1. The same thing happened as the last match, making the score 2-1. In the 4th game of the match, they both track each other. Roundabout gets underneath and pushes friendlyBot out, making the score 2-2. In the 5th game of the match, they both track each other. Roundabout gets underneath friendlyBot, but friendlyBot goes on top of Roundabout. FriendlyBot fall behind Roundabout and pushes them out, making the score 3-2, and that friendlyBot advances to the Semi Finals.

**Semi Finals**- In the Semi Finals, friendlyBot fought against Facebert. In the 1st game of the match, they both track each other, and Facebert gets underneath and pushes friendlyBot out, making the score 0-1. In the 2nd game of the match, they both track each other, and friendlyBot underneath Facebert and pushes them out, making the score 1-1. The same thing happens in the 3rd game of the match, making the score 2-1. In the 4th game of the match they both track and charge. friendlyBot gets underneath, but Facebert gets stuck on top.They both turn around and track each other. friendlyBot pushes Facebert out, making the score 3-1, and that friendlyBot makes it the to Finals. In the 5th game of the match, they both track each other. Facebert gets underneath and pushes friendlyBot out, making the final score 3-2.

**Finals**- In the Finals, friendlyBot fought against ThunderDrive. In the 1st game of the match, ThunderDrive and friendlyBot track each other. ThunderDrive gets underneath friendlyBot, and they try to escape, but fail, making the score 0-1. In the 2nd game of the match, they both track each other. friendlyBot gets underneath ThunderDrive and pushes them out, making the score 1-1. In the 3rd game of the match, ThunderDrive and friendlyBot track each other, and ThunderDrive gets underneath and pushes friendlyBot out, making the score 1-2. In the 4th game of the match, ThunderDrive and friendlyBot track each other. ThunderDrive gets underneath friendlyBot and pushes them out, making the score 1-3, and friendlyBot is the runner up of the March 2021 Virtual Sumo Competition. In the 5th game of the match, ThunderDrive and friendlyBot track each other. friendlyBot gets underneath ThunderDrive and pushes them out, making the final score 2-3.