Hebocon. Competition of the world's worst robots

Robotics has long reached the point where robots hold various competitions with serious prizes and no less serious organizers (for example, DARPA with its DARPA Robotics Challenge). The mechanisms involved in such events are extremely complex and very expensive in production. But what to do to those who do not have huge budgets, but want to "show oneself"? The answer is simple: register on Hebocon - competitions of robots, collected from everything that comes to hand, from disposable forks to plush toys and vegetables.

To hold such an event came to the head of Japanese Daija Ishikawa, and in translation from the native language of the founder "heboi" can be translated as "substandard", "cheesy", "bad" and even "miserable". Despite the fact that the process of creating such robots may seem like a trivial matter, even here there are rules and restrictions, but they, like everyone in the framework of this event, are very, very specific. It should be noted that, despite the fact that the last stage of the competition was held in August 2016, only a couple of weeks ago, a video was presented to the public demonstrating the best moments of the battles of the worst robots in the world. According to Ishikawa himself,

"As part of Hebocon, I wanted to see as many failures, breakdowns and unsuccessful attempts as possible. The first contest was held in 2014, and the last one - in 2016, and they were full of quite interesting moments. In order to make the worst Heboi robot, you need to buy only the simplest materials or use what you can find lying on the street near your house. You do not need to think about the complexity of the movements and functions, you do not even need complex design. Do it, just so that your robot can move, and how - it does not matter. And even if your robot can not start moving on its own, push it, there's nothing wrong with that. "

Some of the hundreds of models of numerous Heboi-robots

The event organizers are planning a big competition in mid-2017, and by 2020 they plan a large-scale event, which will be held in parallel with the Olympic Games in Tokyo. And it is not clear which of the events will be more spectacular. Read more about what is Hebocon, and see the most insane creations you can as on official Facebook page , and on the video below. Well, if you suddenly became interested in the event, here are some more tips from the organizers on how to make the "best worst robot in the world":

1) Avoid using any technology known to you, do not use a soldering iron or other tools.
2) If you are right-handed, then do everything with your left hand. If left-handed - right. Better yet, do some work with your feet.
3) Leave making the most important part of the five-year-old child.

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