All Japan Micromouse 2015 Pictures
Some pictures from the All Japan Micromouse contest 2015. (more…)
All-Japan Micromouse 2015 Finals
The All Japan Micromouse 2015 contest was held in Hon-Atsugi this weekend. Get all the details here.
All Japan Micromouse 2015 qualifiers
Saturday is qualifying day for the All Japan Micromouse contest. Year on year, the contest continues to grow and the challenge is ever greater. Find out who gets through to the finals here. (more…)
IET Robot Triathlon
The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) is holding a robot triathlon event in Derby on March 12th 2016. There are three event classes - Line Followers, Time Trials and a Drag Race. The contest is open to individuals, school and student groups. For full details see the IET events…
Micromouse Sensor Design
Selecting the best micromouse sensor design is a study in electronics, physics, geometry, maths and coding. Here I will look at some of the design considerations for the sensors in the next iteration of my micromouse. Zeetah V and VI use triangulation sensors pioneered by David Otten. These sensors consist…
BCU Robofest 2015
This year's Robofest event at Birmingham City University's Millennium Point site will take place on Saturday November 14th. This annual robotics festival features contests for all ages and abilities and is open to all. [google-map-v3 width="350" height="350" zoom="13" maptype="roadmap" mapalign="center" directionhint="false" language="default" poweredby="false" maptypecontrol="true" pancontrol="true" zoomcontrol="true" scalecontrol="true" streetviewcontrol="true" scrollwheelcontrol="false" draggable="true" tiltfourtyfive="false"…
Minos 2015 Presentations
Minos 2015 was held at Birmingham City University on April 18th/19th 2015. Following its traditional pattern, the Saturday saw a diverse range of talks and presentation on subjects relating to small robotics.
Here’s how the schedule worked out: (more…)
Minos 2015 – contest roundup photos
Here are the pictures I used to illustrate the contest roundup at Minos15. Each has a small story to tell or point to make. Ask if you want to know what it is.
UK Micromouse 2015 – Decimus 4
At the 2015 UK Micromouse contest on Saturday, I ran the latest revision of Decimus 4. I will call this one D4DR1. It really is about time I built a new mouse though. This version of Decimus 4 has a few changed. Most obvious is that I replaced the sensors.…
Schools Micromouse Competition Report 2015
The 2015 National Schools and Colleges Micromouse competition took place on Saturday 27th June as part of the TechFest event at the Technology Innovation Centre in Birmingham. The three strongest school-based teams, based on past performance, were back with the micromouses that they had been building, tuning and tweaking since…