Attempt one

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

Virtual Sumo Competition 2020
Round 1- Attempt one did not compete in round one since it got a bye.

Round 2- In the second round attempt one fought Robot PT. In the 1st game of the match, Robot PT charged straight at attempt one's location and pushed them out of bounds, making the score 0-1. In the 2nd game of the match, they both charged directly at each other. attempt one got underneath Robot PT and pushed them out, making the score 1-1. In the 3rd game of the match, they both were heading toward the same location. attempt one pushed Robot PT off the arena, making the score 2-1. In the 4th game of the match, Robot PT came from the side of attempt one, and pushed them onto their side. attempt one tried to move off but couldn't and remained stuck. Robot PT then pushed them out, making the score 2-2. In the 5th game of the match, attempt one charged straight at Robot PT's location and pushed them off, making the score 3-2, and attempt one moves on to the Top 16.

Top 16- In the Round of 16, attempt one fought Xbotr. In the 1st game of the match, attempt one moves directly forward, and Xbotr charges at attempt one, pushing them out, making the score 0-1. 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 1-2. 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 1-3, meaning attempt one loses, and wont advance to the next round. 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 1-4.