UK Micromouse 2009 results

The results of the 2009 UK micromouse competition are now available. Also posted here are the results of some of the allied competitions – the wall followers and the time trials. [Updated 19 Jul 2009 to correct an error in the tables]

Wall Followers:

The wall follower competition is divided into two sections, the contact and the non-contact. These are not as self explanatory as you might think. The essential difference is that the non-contact followers have to find the centre by following a wall but without relying on contact with that wall for their guidance. I am afraid I do not have full information for every entrant. If there are any errors please let me know so I can correct them. Our lone line follower is in here somewhere as well.

Maze Solvers:

The maze solvers all get to run a heat in the morning which determines the running order in the finals after lunch. Mice may have a practice run when appropriate. Normally, this is if they fail to qualify or have serious difficulties that prevents the mouse from operating normally in the maze but the owner wants to find out how well the mouse might have done if given a second chance. Heat times are shown in ascending order -i.e. fastest qualifier first.

For the finals, the mice run in reverse order as determined by the morning heats. However, the results are shown here in ascending order of score time. As a reminder, be aware that the score is determined by the run time and 1/30 of the total time in the maze to reward fast exploration. An additional 3 seconds is added if the mouse has had to be touched.

Thus the final prize order was:

As a result of mechanical or other failure, Martin took the opportunity to perform practice runs after the main competition.

The time trials are a series of runs around the outside of the maze with the mouse having to do 60 squares. It is intended as a test of the high speed performance of maze solvers but anything is allowed to enter. Dee is a purely mechanical device that flings itself around corners as a result of a cunning design. Decimus manages an average speed of 1.6m/s in this competition. The target for its successor is 2m/s which would give it a run time of under 5.5s. Times aproaching 4seconds should be possible.

Once I have them organised, I will put up a few pictures and any other information I can scrape up. Again, please let me know of any errors or omissions so that I can get them sorted out.