What’s better than home-made robots? Home-made fighting robots. The recent Kickstarter project based on a robot kit called SumoBoy is built around just that. SumoBoy robot kit offers a fighting robot that you can program yourself, including a prototyping board set.

Sumo robot fighting isn’t itself new: there are competitions held around the world in which little robots try to flip one another over or out of a circle. After finding success on the robotic sumo circuit, creator Guntis Kulikovskis wanted to bring his design to a wider market and encourage more people to join the sumo-robot fighting world.

In order to do that, their kits will include both a robot and a programming board. Since each SumoBoy robot will look the same, the customization comes in the code. Builders can program the Arduino microcrontroller using C and C++ and use the robot as a creative learning platform. The educational programming kit comes with sensors, a board compatible with the Arduino, and various other parts. It can be used either to build a robot that’s fighting-fit for tournaments, or to practice the basics of programming and combining components on a board.

The body of the radio is made of aluminum, with a stainless steel base and stainless steel blade to stand up against opponents.

Support for the Kickstarter will go toward letting Kulikovskis’ team mass produce the robot kits with outside manufacturers. They’ve also written a digital guide book including theory and practical programming.

SumoBoy is seeking $100,000 by March 24 and has raised $17,744 as of the afternoon of March 2.