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Category Archives: Micromouse
Some historic micromouse videos
Way back in 1985 was the ‘First World Micromouse Competition’. This was not actually the first competition, nor was it really the first ‘world’ competition in the sense of having entries from around the world. Nonetheless, it was a major … Continue reading
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APEC 2012 Mice
The APEC 2012 contest had a good turnout of mice. There wer, I believe, 19 entries. For some reason, I failed to get good pictures of all of them but here are some images of most of them…
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APEC 2012 Compilation Video
APEC 2012 was a great micromouse event. Held at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Florida, there were some fantastic entries. Derek Hall and Jim Chidley have produced a compilation of the speed runs from the contest…
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Micromouse POV
I can’t believe this isn’t done more often. Hayama Kiyoteru has put a video camera on one of his mice and set it loose in the micromouse maze.
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Pinion interfering with the tire
When I applied power to the motors on Zeetah VI (ZVI) for the first time, the motors seemed to struggle and the PWM value to get the wheels to rotate seemed higher than usual. Since this was my first four … Continue reading
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Backlash Measurement
Having seen quite a lot of variability in the output from the encoders on my micromouse, I got to wondering how much backlash there really is in the gear train. Finally, I figured the easiest way to measure it would be … Continue reading
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Japan micromouse contest 2011 video streams
You could be forgiven for thinking that a micromouse contest – particularly the All Japan micromouse contest – is one of the most photographed and filmed events there are. All day there are cameras going. Pretty well all of the … Continue reading
Rocking out of control
A wheelchair configuration micromouse has the wheels in the middle and skids at either end. Those skids cannot both be on the ground at the same time or, when the mouse encounters a step in the maze surface, the drive … Continue reading
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Finishing the new maze floor
The walls and posts arrived and so it was time to finish the maze floor.
Comparing the ADXRS610 and ADXRS642 gyros
Analog Devices recently release new vibration rejection gyros which seemed a perfect fit for use on a micromouse. Since I was using the ADXRS610 on Zeetah V, I temporarily mounted an ADXRS642 to ZV to compare the two.