NOGUEIRA

NOGUEIRA is a robot that competed in the 2020 Virtual Sumo Competition on Roboton.io. Its strategy is to charge at the edge of the arena, and turn a random amount. It did well, making it to the Top 16.

Virtual Sumo Competition 2020
Round 1- In the first round NOGUEIRA got a bye.

Round 2- In the second round, NOGUEIRA fought Robot Name(1). In the 1st game of the match, they both move randomly, until Robot Name pushed NOGUEIRA from the side, out of bounds, making the score 0-1. In the 2nd game of the match, NOGUEIRA pushes Robot Name from the side, and they get flipped upside down. NOGUEIRA then pushes Robot Name out, making the score 1-1. In the 3rd match, they spend a lot of time nearly making contact. Eventually NOGUEIRA pushes Robot Name from the side, out of bounds, making the score 2-1. In the 4th match, after some time of randomly moving around, they charge at each other. NOGUEIRA gets under Robot Name and pushes them out, making the score 3-1, meaning that NOGUEIRA advances to the Top 16. In the 5th game of the match, Robot Name gets to the side of NOGUEIRA and pushes them out, making the final score 3-2.

Top 16- In the Round of 16, NOGUEIRA fought Robot Name(3). In the 1st game of the match, NOGUEIRA tries to push on Robot Name, but fails. They then each move randomly until they collide and NOGUEIRA pushed Robot Name out, making the score 1-0. In the 2nd game of the match, Robot Name gets underneath NOGUEIRA, but NUGUEIRA gets off. They then collide and Robot Name pushes NOGUEIRA out, making the score 1-1. In the 3rd game of the match, Robot Name nearly pushes NOGUEIRA out, but misses. However on the 2nd attempt, Robot Name pushes NOGUEIRA out, making the score 1-2. In the 4th round, Robot Name pushes NOGUEIRA from the side, and NOGUEIRA falls out of the arena, making the score 1-3, meaning the NOGUEIRA loses and wont advance to the next round. In the 5th game of the match, Robot Name chases NOGUEIRA and pushes them out, making the final score 1-4.