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.
Finally, a way to solder the Analog Devices ADXRS610 gyro… The last time we attached a gyro, we overheated the board and the board delaminated. This time, we use a skillet and avoided that problem.
Once the panels for the maze floor had dried out, it was time to paint them.
(more…)
Now that I had the layout, the next step was to cut and drill the plywood.
While there are many techniques for doing this, I ended up getting help from a friend who has access to water jet cutters to do this.
Given standard sizes for plywood, here is a pattern I used to make a maze floor. (more…)
At the Japanese contest, Peter said there is a closed form solution for the maximum number of walls a legal micromouse maze can have. (more…)
Once ZV had explored the maze, it did a speed run and the path it took in the upper right portion of the maze was very different than the other competitors. (more…)