Mechanical Micro Mice Manage Massive Mazes
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 3:35 am
Everywhere except here in the states, Micromouse competitions seem to be big news. The premise is simple: autonomous little mousebots try to find their way to the center of a maze. In practice, this can be a tricky task to do quickly and efficiently. The mouse has to be able to detect walls, make decisions about where and when to turn, and remember where it’s been in the maze. After the mouse finds the center, it’ll try to figure out what the fastest route is, and then run it at top speed, which is startlingly fast for such a little bot (and so many sharp turns). This particular video was taken at Techfest 2008 in Bombay, India:
It’s nifty to see that even when the mouse is searching, it knows when it’s driving along a path it’s been on before, and speeds up perceptibly. One more video (crappier quality but a wicked fast micromouse) after the jump.
VIA [ Robots Dreams ]
Category: Competitive
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Comment by DENOMOLUS
Made Sunday, 18 of May , 2008 at 11:47 pm
Fast! you might say Manic Mechanical Micro Mice Manage Massive Mazes