If your micromouse acceleration is very high, the front end will want to lift due to reaction torque. Two wheel mice lose traction as the back end presses down on the floor. Four wheel mice should perform better. But what if you accelerate really hard?
In the past, we have run a November Robotics event at Birmingham City University. It seems that will no longer be possible but there is still a desire to have a late autumn event. The event will have micromouse as its centrepiece but is likely to include line-follower, wall-follower and drag race events as well… Read More »
Results from the 2017 UK micromouse contest held as part of BCU Techfest in Birmingham.
Find out how to determine the centre of rotation for your robot
The Micromouse Portuguese Contest 2017 will take place in Gondomar on 20th of May 2017. Last year’s event, held in Agueda, near Porto, was excellent and I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to take part. This year, the venue has moved to Gondomar – also near Porto. I will be taking part as will Taiwanese entrants… Read More »
If you were wondering what the last post was about, there is a new Facebook page intended for anyone interested in Micromouse, Line Follower and other Autonomous Robots. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/MicromouseLineFollowerAutonomousRobots/
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On the Sunday of Minos, after a bit of chat, we run a small contest in the 11×11 maze and on a small line follower course. Here are the results Line follower best times: David Otten Jehu3 8.67 David Otten Jehu 9.54 Ian Butterworth Asymouse 13.23 Bernard Grabowski Wham Minus 17.8 Duncan Louttit Wham Plus… Read More »
Minos 2017 was held at Birmingham City University on April 22nd and 23rd. We enjoyed a great weekend. This years primary organisers were Ian Butterworth and David Hannaford. They could not have pulled it off without the assistance of Chris Evans and Tony Wilcox of BCU. Thank you all.
Each year, the IEEE runs several micromouse contests in the USA. You can find a list of upcoming events on Green Ye’s micromouseusa.com