Hebocon: The contest to find the world's crappiest robots

Heboi is a Japanese word that loosely means something is technically poor, or crappy. Thus: Hebocon, which, according to the founders, extends to both the robots and the people that make them -- but in an affectionate, pat-on-the-back kind of way. The competition involves several sumo-style matches in which the robots try to push their opponents out of the arena. It's no DARPA challenge, but when you see the robots in action you begin to realize it's almost as difficult a struggle. Most of the robots on show at Hebocon can't be controlled very well.