For 10 yearsWe are building robots

About us

We have been building robots and coding for almost 10 years. During the last 5 years we have been working on the sumo robot technology. Together we spend loads of time trying to find and figure out ways to make our devices do new and exciting things.

We are peers, colleagues and friends. Together we spend loads of time trying to find and figure out ways how to make our devices do new and exciting things.

Our achievements on international scale:

• Robotex 2016 - Estonia 1st, 2nd and 3rd places – Mini Sumo; 1st – MegaSumo
• 2016 Robot Challange – Vienna, Austria 1st and 2nd place Mini Sumo, 2nd place Mega sumo
• Robotex 2015 - Estonia 1st and 2nd place Mega sumo discipline
• 2015 Robot Challange – Vienna, Austria 1st and 3rd place – Mega Sumo discipline Mini Sumo death-match win
• 2014 International Robot Sumo Tournament - Tokyo, Japan 1st place - Mega Sumo discipline
• Robotex 2014 1st, 2nd and 3rd places - Mega Sumo discipline 2nd place in Mini Sumo discipline
• 2014 Robot Challange – Vienna, Austria 1st, 2nd and 3rd places - Mega Sumo discipline Mini Sumo death-match win 1st place - Line Follower
• Robotex 2013 1st and 2nd places - Mega Sumo and Line Follower
• 2013 Robot Challange – Vienna, Austria (400 robots from around 30 countries) 1st, 2nd and 3rd places - Mega Sumo discipline Mini Sumo death-match win 2nd place - Line Follower
• RoboGames 2013 USA 1st and 2nd places - Mega Sumo 1st place - Mini Sumo 1st place – Line Follower
• 2012 All JapanRobot-Sumo tournament 24th - Tokyo, Japan A tie between 13th and14th places (more than 1000 participants in the games)
• Robotex 2012 1st, 2nd and 3rd places - Line Follower 1st, 2nd and 3rd places - Mini Sumo
• 2012 Baltic Robot Sumo – Riga, Latvia 1st and 2nd places - Mega Sumo „Gauja” and „Firebolt” 2nd and 3rd places - „Fast&Furious” and „Spartan” 2nd place – Line Follower „Silent”
• 2012 Robot Challange – Vienna, Austria 1st place - Mini Sumo „Fast&Furious” 1st and 2nd places - Mega Sumo „Flash”
• 2011 All Japan Robot-Sumo tournament 23rd - Tokyo, Japan 3kg (lb,pounds) sumo “Flash” – lost in round 1 of playoffs
• Robotex 2011 – Estonia 1st and 3rd places – Line Follower Robots - „Silent” and „Knight Rider”
• 2010 All Japan Robot-Sumo tournament 22nd - Tokyo, Japan 3 kg sumo “Tachka V3” 52nd-48th places, total of 1300 robots
• RoboGames 2010 USA Mini sumo “Shpaktele”. 3 kg sumo “Tachka” - 2nd place
• RobotChallenge 2010 – Vienna, Austria Mini sumo “Shpaktele” - 30th-40th places of 120 robots Sumo 3 kg - 8th-16th places from 80 robots
• Robotika 2010: Mini sumo - 1st place, total of 11 robots
• Baltic Robot Sumo 2009 LT Mini sumo “Shpaktele” - 9th-11th places, total of 26 robots 3kg sumo “Tachka” - 4th-6th places, total of 13 robots
• Baltic Robot Sumo 2009 Tallin, Estonia Mini sumo “Shpaktele” - 7th-14th places, total of 22 robots
• Robotika 2009 Mini sumo “Shpaktele” - 3rd place from 20 robots
• Baltic Robot Sumo 2008 3 kg sumo “Tachka” - 3rd place
• Robotika 2008 Line Follower “Rat” - 3rd place
• Robotika 2007 Line Follower “LineJet” - 2nd place from 26 robots
• 2007 “Inovācijas arēna” Line Follower “LineJet” - 2nd place Line Follower “Amphibia V2” - DNF
• Robotika 2006 Line Follower “Linijdiebis”

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Our projects

iot-open.eu Reloaded

SIA RobotNest, Riga Technical University, ITT group, TalTech, itSilesia and Silesian University of Technology realize ERASMUS+ project: iot-open.eu reloaded. The project will create a book, an Online Course, and a remote laboratory for teaching about the Internet of Things. Follow our news and access material on our web page: https://iot-open.eu/

Project “Multi-robot system for domestic services”

Some of us have been involved in different research and development project over the last years. However only few of them really excites us and we hope encourages others as well. One of them is Multi-robot project that demonstrated for the first time in Latvia cooperative robotic team enabling share a common task among robot team members, plan their execution and monitor the results. Some of the RobotNest team are still continuing their research trying to deliver the next generation of cooperative robotics technology.

Project AGR8

Some time ago we decided to help our armed forces by building a highly mobile robotic platform with significant autonomy. The chassis concept of the platform born while playing with Lego blocks but the practical implementation experienced 3 generations or versions before outdoor tests. While the last version is still a model it provided a significant amount of information and scientific data about its dynamics resulting in several Latvian patents and published scientific papers. We still have a plan to create a fully functional autonomous robotic platform and part of the RobotNest team is working on the next version of the robot attracting young researchers from Riga Technical University. Project is still non-commercial.

SumoBoy

Robot prototyping kit includes robot SumoBoy and prototyping kit, opening an opportunity for interesting time spending and a way for implementation of your own projects. The kit is designed for pupils and enthusiast looking for a way to learn fundamentals of electronics and programming. The SumoBoy robot is design in accordance with international rules of robot sumo competitions and is ready to participate there. The prototyping kit includes a bredboard for soldering-free circuit construction allowing to reuse the components for different designs and use Arduino Micro microcontroller for programming. The kit is designed using accumulated teaching experience of Robotics Club of Riga Technical University leading the robotics community in Latvia since 2008.

"Atspēriens" grant project

We are proud to implement a Riga City Council and "Swedbank" support program grant for our development. Within the project, we have developed an ArduBlocks - based visual programming environment, which is available with no use restrictions from here: https://github.com/robotnest/ArduBlocks

Downloads

Demonstration project

The Demonstration project is being installed at manufacturing site and is used to test and demonstrate the main functions of the SumoBoy. To install the project, download the code and unzip it in folder you know. Use the Arduino programming Environment installation guide to setup the Environment and then use it to open the project.

Learning materials

​Datasheets

Instructions

ArduBlock-based tool 

Here you can download our visual programming tool: https://github.com/robotnest/ArduBlocks