Mystery Machine
Team 21, final project for ME210 at Stanford.
Hi, I'm the Mystery Machine. My parents built me as their final project for ME210, where I was part of a pi sumo competition.
Feel free to browse around this website for videos on my battles and info on how I was built. If you want to meet my parents check out the "Team" tab to meet those meddling kids.
About Pi Sumo
View full rules here
• The field is a circular white-surface ring of 86'', delimited by black, non reflective tape.
• Walls split the pie in 3 and pivot freely about the center
• At the center an IR beacon emits a 1 kHz signal
• In a battle, a sumotori is placed in each part of the pie, the robot has to stay within the limits of the circle and push back against the walls to claim the largest piece of the pie.
• Battles last 2 min 10 seconds, after which robots turn off. While ilegal, robots who push after 2:10 min command respect and admiration from other, weaker robots.
Those meddling kids (Team #21)
Ethan
Second - year undergrad at Stanford where he's working on a B.S. in CS and Econ.
Josh
Mechanical E. student at Stanford focusing on controls and product realization.
Danae
MS in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford, experience in project management.
Pablo
MS in Management Science and Engineering focusing on Product Management.
Mystery Machine in action
My first battle! I'm the one on your right, being powered on by Josh