Qualifying round begins at CMG’s first Mount Tai robot-climbing competition
The first CMG World Robot Mount Tai Climbing Competition has begun its qualifying round, according to Lightning News.
Mount Tai robot-climbing competition begins qualifying round
Lightning News reports that the qualifying round of the first CMG World Robot Mount Tai Climbing Competition has begun and poses the question of which robot is the strongest climber.
Angus tests bristle armor on a combat robot
Maker’s Muse creator Angus redesigned a 150-gram plastic antweight combat robot with an outer layer of stiff bristles instead of a conventional shell. He made the bristles by bridging printer filament between the robot model and a support structure, then cutting the support away.
Hackaday reports that the bristle-covered robot came through its fights more intact than earlier robots whose shells broke apart. The result suggests the design merits further study in the plastic antweight division, though it does not establish how the approach would perform in other weight classes.
Ultimate Bots rule book lays out scoring and captain flags
Ultimate Bots’ rule book awards points for strikes, a timed score zone and knockouts. A knockout is worth 2 points and ends the round, while the match continues; kicks become available in Round 3. A separate halftime K1 race is worth up to 6 points, with the winning team taking the points and losing 1 for each time its K1 falls.
Captains can use flags to alter a match: a bonus flag doubles match points, while a black flag calls for a captain’s duel that can add 2 points to the winner’s team and subtract 2 from the loser’s. Round 3 of Match 8 always scores double. If the game is tied after Match 8, the team that scored the most recent point chooses a sudden-death format. The rule book is undated, so it is unclear whether every rule carries over unchanged to Season 2.
Ultimate Bots calendar lists nine events before Season 2
Ultimate Bots’ schedule lists nine events before Season 2, beginning with UFB 1 at San Francisco’s Frontier Tower on July 5, 2025, and ending with Actuate x UFB at San Francisco’s Fort Mason on August 18 and 19, 2026. The calendar lists dates and venues, not results.
The schedule lists Season 2’s opening stop at TwitchCon San Diego on November 12. The event calendar does not identify who fought or won at the earlier events.
Ultimate Bots says four teams have locked in, but names none
A short on Ultimate Bots’ YouTube channel is titled “4 TEAMS HAVE LOCKED IN! | SEASON 2 UFB SOON!” The post does not identify the teams, their leaders or what “locked in” means, according to Roboxing’s review.
Ultimate Bots’ schedule lists its Season 2 opening at TwitchCon San Diego from November 12 to 15, followed by Santa Clara, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Jose. Tickets were listed as “coming soon,” and the roster and start times remained unpublished in Roboxing’s report.
October robot-fighting events produced few published results
Roboxing’s review of humanoid-fighting events and announcements in October found that ARC in Singapore named no winner, and REK in San Francisco had not named winners for its fights. The Robot Fighting Championship appeared at the AICON festival as a showcase ahead of its official launch, but no launch date, season format or result had been published.
Ultimate Bots began naming captains in short videos on October 17, then posted the announcement that four teams had locked in without identifying them. Its Season 2 schedule lists San Diego from November 12 to 15, then Santa Clara from December 7 to 9, Las Vegas from January 5 to 7, Los Angeles from February 11 to 13 and San Jose from March 15 to 17.
URKL Shanghai stop was reported for August, held in September
A preview published by the 21st Century Business Herald on August 21 said URKL’s Shanghai stop would begin August 29 at Baoshan Gymnasium. Reports published by People’s Daily Online via Tencent News on September 19 and by Tencent News on September 21 place the same stop at the venue on September 19. Roboxing found no postponement announcement or explanation for the date difference.
The August preview described an octagonal-ring format using the same EngineAI T800 platform for each team, and gave a total prize pool of 14 million yuan. The later reports identify the event as the URKL City Tour Challenge. Roboxing says the available record does not establish whether the event was moved, the preview carried an incorrect date or an earlier session took place.
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