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UK Schools and Colleges Contest 2010

Posted Sun, 27/06/2010 - 14:26 by peteh

By Bernard Grabowski

The 2010 National Schools and Colleges Micromouse competition took place on Saturday 26th June at the Technology Innovation Centre in Birmingham. Three teams battled it out this year. The turn-out may have been affected by the Football World Cup, but the competition was as keen as ever. For the first time two primary schools were represented, with only the ever-present John Hampden Grammar School flying the flag for the secondaries. There were no new records set, but the closeness of the results meant that attention to detail and that final “fine-tune” on the day were deciding factors.

UK Schools Micromouse 2009

Posted Sun, 28/06/2009 - 17:59 by peteh

By Bernard Grabowski

The 2009 National Schools and Colleges Micromouse competition took place on Saturday 27th June at the Technology Innovation Centre in Birmingham.  The team from John Hampden Grammar School were once again strongly represented.  They have dominated the event for several years but this time were pushed to the limit by teams from three debuting schools.  Competition was intense and new event best times were recorded.  The existing drag race record (2.132 seconds, set last year by the team from Singapore) was smashed several times and now stands at an incredible 1.699 sec.  The track is just less than 7m in length and the mouse had to stop under control within 1m beyond the finish line.  Peak acceleration must now be around 1g in this event and braking has to start at just past the halfway mark.