Sunday, November 27, 2011

Mice of Extraordinary Magnitude!

Mice of Extraordinary Magnitude!:

One of the many events at RoboGames that are sometimes overshadowed by the mighty combat robots is the Micromouse event, featuring autonomous robots navigating a maze, attempting to do so in the shortest time.


The winner of the 1/2 Size Micromouse event at this year’s All Japan Micromouse Competition, Ng Beng Kiat, has constructed a robot that completed the maze in an impressive 3.921 seconds!



The current champion is one Ng Bent Kiat, who works at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic focusing on embedded systems and robotics. His skill and knowledge in the field of robotics shows in his winning mouse robot called the Min7.


Min7 is the first 4-wheeled robot Ng has created. It weighs just 90 grams and measures 10 x 7.5 x 2.5cm. It has a straight line speed of 3.5m/s and uses a 20MHz Hitachi 2633R processor for a brain.


The way the Micromouse Robot Competition works is a two-stage process. The robots first enter the maze and have a chance to map it out. They then get a second timed run where the object is to solve the maze as quickly as possible.




Thanks to Matthew Humphries over at Geek.com for the interesting article!


You have our gratitude.





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