ROBO-ONE champion robot coming to Houston
Houston here we come!
The Maru Family - well-known in the robotics community in Japan - is coming to Houston. They have been invited to participate in the All-Earth EcoBot Challenge which is being held on April 25. They will be bringing their ROBO-ONE champion robot Great King Kizer (photo below) and King Kizer F3, which competes in the soccer tournaments.
The Maru Family has won numerous titles in robot competitions in Japan since they started competing in 2005. They became the first ever triple crown winner of the ROBO-ONE games in 2007.
Father Naoki Maru, who is an engineer and president of a casting company, builds the robots as his hobby. His two older sons, 13 year old Kenta and 10 year old Ryoma, operate the robots at the competitions. They will all be in Houston giving demos at the event. There will be an exhibition match between Great King Kizer and the winners of the EcoBot Challenge. They will also be visiting schools in Houston for further demos the following Monday.
GetRobo will be there so please check back to see more photos!
(Photo: From left Ryoma, Naoki and Kenta Maru)
Those robots are so cool! I think I saw a documentary about them on pbs.
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