SaskPolytech’s Robot Rumble featured 51 teams of 90 students from 22 high schools who battled it out to see whose technical skills would win the day.

Similar to traditional Japanese sumo wrestling matches, two SUMObots face-off against each other in a ring. The goal is simple: try to knock or push your opponent’s robot out of the ring. The SUMObot that stays in the ring the longest wins.

Teams spend months building, programming and testing robots made from the SUMO robot kits which are provided by SaskPolytech. This year two classes of competition were offered for the students who work in teams of two – stock and modified.

STOCK ROBOTS
First place stock:
Sputnik
Rosetown Central High School, Rosetown, SK
$1,500 tuition credit to a Saskatchewan Polytechnic program in the School of
Mining, Energy and Manufacturing and $250 cash each.

Second place stock:
NCS Trojans
Neilburg Composite School, Neilburg, SK
$1,000 tuition credit to a Saskatchewan Polytechnic program in the School of
Mining, Energy and Manufacturing and $150 cash each.

Third place stock:
Team Moose
Centennial Collegiate, Saskatoon, SK
$500 tuition credit to a Saskatchewan Polytechnic program in the School of
Mining, Energy and Manufacturing and $100 cash each.

MODIFIED ROBOTS
First place modified:
McEthan
Rossignol High School, Île-à-la-Crosse, SK
$1,500 tuition credit to a Saskatchewan Polytechnic program in the School of
Mining, Energy and Manufacturing and $250 cash each.

Second place modified:
Spedro
Rossignol High School, Île-à-la-Crosse, SK
$1,000 tuition credit to a Saskatchewan Polytechnic program in the School of
Mining, Energy and Manufacturing and $150 cash each.

Third place modified:
Corvette Corcus
Regina Christian School, Regina, SK
$500 tuition credit to a Saskatchewan Polytechnic program in the School of
Mining, Energy and Manufacturing and $100 cash each.