There are so many entries to the All Japan Micromouse contest that it takes two days to get the job done. For most, the Saturday is qualifying day. All the robots get to run and then best times are used to select the finalist. (more…)
Friday is practice day at the All Japan Micromouse Contest. Held this year at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Toyosu campus in Tokyo, this is the big event for micromouse and line following robot builders. (more…)
The All Japan Micromouse contest 2012 took place at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Toyosu campus over the weekend of 23-25 November. This was a different venue to recent years an, although unfamiliar, it all worked out all right in the end. (more…)
The 2012 All Japan Micromouse Contest takes place at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Toyosu Campus, over the weekend of November 23rd to November 25th. I will be there with the current update to Decimus 2D. (more…)
The line following contest at the annual All Japan Micromouse event is an exciting event. Simple rules, brutal timing constraints and a long, challenging course make for a great competition. While I already knew there were plenty of other robotic contest in Japan, I had not realised there was a whole line following event separate to the one I had seen. (more…)
A full report of the events at the 2011 All Japan Micromouse contest is now available here http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/micromouse2011/2011report.html. It includes plenty of video and information about the routes taken by the mice. Take a look
Way back in 1985 was the 'First World Micromouse Competition'. This was not actually the first competition, nor was it really the first 'world' competition in the sense of having entries from around the world. Nonetheless, it was a major event. Just posted on YouTube is some video from that…
You could be forgiven for thinking that a micromouse contest - particularly the All Japan micromouse contest - is one of the most photographed and filmed events there are. All day there are cameras going. Pretty well all of the resulting imagery does not get to see the light of…
Once the panels for the maze floor had dried out, it was time to paint them.
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A comprehensive set of results for the 2011 All Japan Micromouse Contest is now available from the NTF web site. You can find the maze layouts, prizes and results tables for all the events that were run. (more…)