In the past, we have run a November Robotics event at Birmingham City University. It seems that will no longer be possible but there is still a desire to have a late autumn event. The event will have micromouse as its centrepiece but is likely to include line-follower, wall-follower and…
Results from the 2017 UK micromouse contest held as part of BCU Techfest in Birmingham.
The 2017 National Schools and Colleges Micromouse competition took place on Saturday 24th June hosted by Birmingham City University as part of the TechFest event. We were once again provided with excellent facilities in the Curzon building on the BCU City Centre Campus. For the second year running new record…
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The Micromouse Portuguese Contest 2017 will take place in Gondomar on 20th of May 2017. Last year's event, held in Agueda, near Porto, was excellent and I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to take part. This year, the venue has moved to Gondomar - also near Porto. I will be taking…
If you were wondering what the last post was about, there is a new Facebook page intended for anyone interested in Micromouse, Line Follower and other Autonomous Robots. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/MicromouseLineFollowerAutonomousRobots/
On the Sunday of Minos, after a bit of chat, we run a small contest in the 11x11 maze and on a small line follower course. Here are the results Line follower best times: David Otten Jehu3 8.67 David Otten Jehu 9.54 Ian Butterworth Asymouse 13.23 Bernard Grabowski Wham Minus…
Each year, the IEEE runs several micromouse contests in the USA. You can find a list of upcoming events on Green Ye's micromouseusa.com
APEC is done. Once again, I boarded a plane to the United States to brave the trials and tribulations of a long weekend suffering in the warm sunshine of Florida. It is tough going compared to my normal climate in Anglesey but we must all suffer for our art. And…
Minos 2017 will this year be held at Birmingham City University City Centre Campus, Millennium Point, Birmingham on Saturday 22 April 2017 with informal competitions on Sunday 23 April. As usual, this is a great opportunity to find out what is going on in the world of micromouse and small robotics…