Mission
Let’s have a “Danjiri” festival with avatars
Run in real life and jump across districts virtually
Vision
Raise awareness among local residents by cooperating and holding festivals (this will be a starting point for expanding to Kansai, Japan, and the world).
Value
- Multiple avatars (13 cars per team) will be used to run in a relay race format with different competitions, and the competition will cover all of Science City.
- Each region creates competitions and robots that are appropriate for that region.
- We have built a system that allows anyone to participate in the Avatar Sports Festival as a contestant from anywhere.
- In addition to the regular competition broadcast on TV, spectators will be able to watch the competition from the perspective of their favorite competitor (FPV) (live and on-demand).
Keihanna Avatar Challenge 2025 course introduction
In the Keihanna Avatar Challenge 2025, participants will compete on a 2.3km course from the front of Shimadzu Corporation on Seika Boulevard to the intersection in front of KICK (Keihanna Open Innovation Center).
- The 2.3km x 20m (25m wide in some cases) space that stretches from KICK to the Keihanna Post Office will be open to the public as a robot competition space.
- The two lanes on the south side of Seika Boulevard will be used as a regular bus route (we also expect autonomous vehicles to connect between venues).
- The other half will be a pedestrian paradise.
*schedule.
Avatar Formula 3 specifications
- Size: Width 60cm or less, height 150cm or less (length 120cm or less)
- Weight: less than 35kg
- Speed: less than 6 kilometers per hour
- Collision energy: 14J or less
- Two-way video communication is possible with the operator via the mobile phone network.
others
- There are no sharp protrusions that could pose a hazard to pedestrians.
- The robot can automatically stop in the event of an emergency, such as when communication with the monitoring/competitor is delayed for a certain period of time, or when communication is interrupted.
- When a traffic accident occurs, the occurrence of the accident can be recognized immediately.
- Get disability insurance.
Similar to F1 automobiles, each works team participates in the competition.
*A team organized by the provider by investing their own funds.
“Make life a competition”: We turn various aspects of daily life into competitions, and design competitions that match the skill level at the time.
our goals and philosophy
- Autonomous robots, avatar robots, gathered through public recruitment will run through a course set in a tournament system and compete for the best time.
- This is an open international competition that allows avatar operators (comtestants) to participate via the Internet.
- No handicap.
- Aim for equal participation of all people.
- Competition design with participation of local residents, including collaboration with art.
- Don’t produce plastic waste. Utilization of waste materials.
- Multiple people compete for finishing order, or solo competitions compete for time.
- Divide the participating robots into classes such as humanoid, car, etc.
- Classify by autonomous robots (multiple)/avatars (multiple).
- Incorporate various ways of participating, such as creating an avatar and participating, having the tournament provide an avatar, and using virtual space.
1st Keihanna Avatar Challenge 2025 Competition Details
Competition content that shows the evolution of technology.
*For the time being, we plan to model the competition on an elementary school sports day.