One Damn Fast Micromouse

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 11 of December , 2009 at 12:36 am

Last year, the fastest micromouse we saw made it through a maze in 6.4 seconds. This year, they’ve gotten even faster. Apparently there was some question as to whether a micromouse could break the 5 second barrier when it comes to getting through an expert class maze (which I think are somehow standardized in turns/length), and although it didn’t pull it off in official competition, a mouse called Tetra managed to make it through the maze in a seriously scant 4.7 seconds in a demonstration:

Nobody is quite sure how or why this mouse is so fast, but some experienced people have some ideas… David Otten, a 22 year veteran of micromouse competitions, after the jump.

VIA [ Robots Dreams ]

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Comment by Robotbling

Made Friday, 11 of December , 2009 at 1:05 am

It’s hard to imagine them getting much faster than that. Because that is pretty damned fast.

Comment by cheese4432

Made Friday, 11 of December , 2009 at 8:18 am

Faster motors would allow more speed, but you also need more grip to enhance the acceleration. Only problem is you need more weight and that really isn’t wanted besides the fact the the weight maxis probably very low.

Comment by tim

Made Sunday, 3 of January , 2010 at 11:39 am

THAT IS SWEETER THAN A SUGER COVERED SUGER BALL XD