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Taiwan 2012

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Peter Harrison

Last month, I was able to visit Taiwan once more for the 2012 Micromouse and Intelligent Robot Contest. It has taken a while before I was able to write up this trip unfortunately. Incoming search terms:arm line follower (1)

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Taiwan 2012 – getting ready to go

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Peter Harrison

After all the frantic preparation over the last few weeks, I was really relieved to have a working (I think) micromouse again. Normally, I leave two evenings to gather all the bits, arrange the packing and make sure I am … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Taiwan 2012

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Peter Harrison

The Taiwan 2012 micromouse and intelligent robot contest is only five days away. I have spent a huge amount of time in the last few weeks trying to turn my latest code re-write into a working mouse. This could all … Continue reading →

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More bugs than I need

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Peter Harrison

For a few weeks now, I have been struggling with strange behaviour on the micromouse. This version is Decimus 2C. It is the build that ran (poorly) at the UK contest in the summer of 2012. It did not do … Continue reading →

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Taiwan 2011 micromouse contest videos

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Peter Harrison

The Taiwan 2011 Micromouse and intelligent Robots Contest was a great success. Our primary contest organiser Juing-Huei Su has evidently been busy with the vido editing software as he has now uploaded the contest videos… Incoming search terms:taiwan micromouse competition … Continue reading →

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Taiwan 2011 Day 4

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Peter Harrison

While there are several flights available out of Taiwan, it was convenient for me to take the late, overnight flight. It does not leave until 10:45pm so that gives an entire day in which to visit some more of the … Continue reading →

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Taiwan 2011 Day 3

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Peter Harrison

After the excitement of the contest day, we all had the opportunity to play tourist as we were treated to a day out visiting some of Taiwan’s attractions. This was a great chance to visit places in Taiwan with local … Continue reading →

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Taiwan 2011 Day 2

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Peter Harrison

Day two was Sunday September 25th – contest day at the 2011 Taiwan Micromouse and Intelligent Robotics Contest. After an intense period or preparation with the re-write of nearly all the code on on my mouse, it was time to … Continue reading →

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Taiwan 2011 Day 1

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Peter Harrison

When I last had the chance to visit Taiwan for a micromouse contest, I was pretty sure it would be the first and last such opportunity. And yet, here I am again, two years later, excited to be back in … Continue reading →

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Taiwan Micromouse 2010

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Peter Harrison

On October 2nd, the 2010 Taiwan micromouse contest was held at Southern Taiwan University. The hosts took first and second prize in the micromouse contest with Lung Hwa University taking third place along with first and third in the robotrace … Continue reading →

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