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The way they stop right at the edge of the ring tells me that they must be semi-autonomous.
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Looks like they are totally autonomous:
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They got nothing on a real Sumo Wrestler. They should be forklift sized.
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This set of rules for a Japanese tournament includes both autonomous and remote-control ones.
http://www.fsi.co.jp/sumo-e/out/outa0000.html
The robot revolution will last 0.35 seconds.
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All I see are two self driving cars in a parking lot.
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If the bots don’t perform the pre-bout ceremony then they aren’t really sumo wrestling.
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