Jumpei Saito

Jumpei Saito

2018: Started making robots after joining the Science Club upon entering junior high school
2019: Made a robot that performed Kawarawari (roof-tile smashing) while expressing an original fighting-game type of world view and came in first place in the RoboCup Junior Japan Open 2019 OnStage Japan League category
2020: Obtained entry qualification for the RoboCup Junior Japan Open 2020 OnStage World League but the event was cancelled.
Received a prize in the All-Japan Student and Children’s Invention Kufuu Exhibit for creating, under the theme “The history of computers: now and in the past,” a relay- and IC-version 4-bit totalizer and comparing their calculation speeds
2021: Started high school and formed the “All_outlook” team with his peers from the Science Club in junior high school. Started the production of a soccer robot as an individual team and participated in RoboCup Junior Asia-Pacific 2021 Soccer Lightweight category with the robot produced
2022: Participated in RoboCup Junior Japan Open 2022 Soccer Lightweight category with a soccer robot produced after much research

Have you ever thought that you wanted to make a robot? Even if you did not think about making a robot, I am sure that there are more than a few people who felt some awe toward robots.

I want to make it possible for people like that to easily envision robot-making, and feel free to make robots. I had an interest in robots as a child, and when I started junior high school, there happened to be a club activity related to robots. That was how I was able to start making robots.

I want to make robot-making something that anyone can enjoy, just like playing sports, like soccer.

At the same time, I am continuing research on various technologies with the aim of winning first place in the world in the RoboCup Junior contest.