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The Micromouse Competition 2004
Here are the results of the Finals of the 2004 competition. Photos and detailed scores of everyone will come soon.
The Score time is the Run time, plus the current Search Time divided by 30 for Maze Solvers, plus a penalty of 3 seconds for each Touch.
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Results by Competition:
Maze Solver
Non-Contact Wall Follower
Contact Wall Follower
Maze Solver
1st place: David Otten with Mitee Mouse 9
Score time: 21.43 s. (Run time = 9.95 s., Search time = 344 s.)
Best run: 8.84 s.
Also entered Mitee Mouse 7 (score: 24.25 s., run: 14.02 s., search: 307 s.)
2nd place: Dave Woodfield with Enterprise
Score time: 29.05 s. (Run time = 23.37 s., Search time = 170 s.)
Best run: 23.25 s.
Also entered Voyager (score: 38.51 s., run: 32.00 s., search: 195 s.)
3rd place: Derek Hall with Motormouse 4
Score time: 29.76 s. (Run time = 18.94 s., Search time = 324 s.)
Best run: 18.45 s.
4th place: Peter Harrison with Minimus
Score time: 78.67 s. (Run time = 65.51 s., Search time = 395 s.)
Best run: 65.14 s.
5th place: Ken Warwick with Wiz
Score time: 128.27 s.
Also entered Millennium Bug (score: 413.07 s.)
6th place: Steven Smith with MMbot
Score time: 311.30 s.
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Non-Contact Wall-Follower
1st place: Ryan Chidley with Red Eye
Score time: 59.40 (1 touch)
2nd place: Duncan Louttit with Cyclops
Score time: 84.04 (1 touch)
Also entered Dash 3 (no touches, score: 240.83 s.)
3rd place: Martin Barratt with Kitty
Score time: 91.06 (1 touch)
Also entered Mini Mouse (no touches, score: 91.63 s.)
4th place: Al Martin with Al's Mouse
Score time: 288.23 (2 touches)
5th place:
Bob Cannon with Mouse with attitude
James Carter with James' Mouse
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Contact Wall-Follower
1st place: Shannon Hall with Cheese Detective
Score time: 36.81 s.
2nd place: Ryan Chidley with Golden Eye 2
Score time: 44.20 s.
3rd place: Ken Warwick with Fred
Score time: 51.34 s.
Also entered Oddjob
4th place: Jim Chidley with Mouse Catcher
Score time: 52.33 s.
Also entered Lightning
5th place: Chloe Hall with Slowpoke
Score time: 140.79 s.
6th place: Joel Nixson-Evans with Flip Flop
Score time: 155.83 s. Top
About the competition
The aim of this competition is to race a simple, self-contained Wall Following Micromouse robot vehicle around a known, standard walled course in the shortest time. This Wall Follower Micromouse competition is intended to act as an introduction to the international, 16 by 16 cell, maze-solving competition. The rules and specifications for this Wall Following competition are compatible with the rules and specifications for the international maze solving competition. It is intended that Wall Follower mice could be relatively easily modified to compete in the maze solving competition. The contest is a test of speed, wall sensing and steering control. Mice may be entirely mechanical, however it is expected that the fastest mice are likely to be electronically controlled. Mice do not need a micro controller or a memory for this competition. The mouse building skills required will, in general, include electronic, mechanical, and control system design.
A Wall Following Micromouse consists of a chassis, a drive system, a steering system and a power source. The standard micromouse baseboard and walls will be used to construct four 7x7 race tracks, one in each corner of a standard 16x16 maze, with a guard track separating each race track. This enables four mice to race against each other on separate tracks. Each mouse starts from a corner of the 16x16 maze and races on identically shaped tracks towards the centre of the maze. The wall configuration may incorporate left hand turns, right hand turns, 90 ° turns and 180° turns. Each mouse should follow the wall on its left hand side. Mouse builders can make a simple 7x7 single racetrack for developing their mice quickly and cheaply at home or at school.
Rules for the Micromouse Competition can be accessed at the following links: Maze or 3D Wall Follower |
