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What is a Micromouse?
Autonomous robot able to find its way through a maze in the shortest possible time
Maze is a fixed size, but configuration is unknown until the competition
Cannot receive any external input or control (limited to onboard hardware and processing)
Robot no more than 25cm x 25cm
The Only Info Going In:
Maze size is 16 squares by 16 squares
Each square is 18cm X 18cm (16.8 cm between walls)
Walls are 5cm high, red on top, white on sides (IR reflective paint)
Floor is black (IR absorbing paint) Goal will always be to reach the
center 4 squares
Rules The robot cannot:
Burn through, cut through, fly over, or climb over the walls
Damage the maze in any way
Leave parts of itself behind
Be powered by any flammable substance
The clock starts when the robot leaves the starting square and stops when it enters the goal square, measured from the front edge
Each robot gets 10 minutes to run the maze as many times as desired
The official time is the fastest run completed within the 10 minute period
Every time the mouse is touched after being set down is a 30 second penalty added to the fastest run
Slow robots that solve the maze place higher than fast robots that do not
Cash Prizes (vary by year)
Option 1: built from a commercial OTS kit
$300 1st
$200 2nd
$100 3rd
Option 2: built from scratch
$600 1st
$500 2nd
$300 3rd
An Expert Micromouse, Fast Run Only:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCUQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCLwICJKV4dw&ei=WRwjVMjhH4u3yATlhYKAAQ&usg=AFQjCNG2lzYRu1DWSXm-Bf7lTsi5c8iGvQ&bvm=bv.76180860,d.aWw
Path Forward for WVU IEEE
Scratch Team
Currently own a micromouse made from scratch
Pet project of the presenter since ~Sept. 2013
Needs to be debugged and programmed
Optimizations to hardware permissible
Full hardware and design brief available for those interested
Kit Team
Order known working hardware
Program the maze exploration and solving
Pros:
Known, working hardware
Online support
Potential for finding source code online
Cons:
Lower prize
Other teams have same advantages