Micromouse(en.wikipedia.org) |
Micromouse(en.wikipedia.org) |
Then I tried to lay things out and realized how much more work that'd be, so I dropped the project (for now).
One day I'll build one though! It's only a matter of years, I think.
Micromouse is one of the categories. It is pretty difficult to do with LEGO, we've tried and always failed. The main problem is that the stepper motors are not precise enough to turn 90 degrees and the error accumulates. We've even tried using a LEGO magnetometer, but it wasn't precise enough.
The other categories are easier in my opinion:
- Pathfinder: The robot has to follow a drawn line. The line is interrupted in some places, there is a tunnel and there can be obstacles -> in case of obstacles the robot needs to leave the line, avoid the obstacle and find the line again.
- Sumo: Two robots start in a drawn circle, once one of them leaves the circle the other one wins. There is a limit on mass and dimensions.
(There are some new categories as well, but I have never competed in/watched those.)
The competition is pretty great at engaging young kids in programming.
Sounds a fun competition :) Looking at the Veritasium video they're crazy fast.
The pole can make figuring out the best path easier, but at the cost of making the robot bigger and heavier, which I suppose is a problem when you see how fast the top contenders are moving.
Source: https://attend.ieee.org/r2sac-2020/wp-content/uploads/sites/...
edit: yeah it's not on the list of countries they ship to which means if I were really insistent on buying it I'd have to use a mail forwarder which would cost like 2x the kit itself
Unfortunately can't find a picture of one in Google images
How did you find it?
- Can it be considered intelligent?
- No, it's absolutely dim. It will solve, I hope, a particular problem. Outside of this environment, it's useless. He's only following a set of instructions that I told him to do.
I bet that these days, that person would be a lot more enthusiastic: it's artificial intelligence!
Edit: 1980, found it.
http://davidbuckley.net/RS/mmouse/images/PM80p17article1268....
I also imagine that mice will have a certain aggressiveness setting, perhaps even switching to a different route, using which you can achieve higher speed at the risk of a crash. It would be interesting to see if there are some strategies around it.
that made me chuckle.
mmwave to see through walls at that size & speed can't be done yet, or can it?
Just found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVpXeO0DYDQ - "Sense the world with TI mmWave: See through rain and walls, and detect small objects", which looks very interesting.
Ti seems to make a number of mmwave evaluation boards/chips.
I tend to take it as a challenge when someone claims they can’t find something on the net. ;)
And considering that there is actual competition and innovation, these are good rules.
Feel free to organize your own competition using the "blind maze" rules, maybe it will become a success, but it will be a different sport, which will test different skills. They can coexist, not one lamer than the other.
There are scales of it, reducing luck in the sense that you don't require a perfect course. That a speck of dust ruins your run etc. is, within reason, part of the game. But flying blind into a maze and just randomizing your way through it isn't particularly challenging. Just enter the game with a 100 identical robots and you'll have a better chance at winning.
Multiple mazes isn't a bad idea, but a massive endeavor just increasing the barrier for these competitions to take place.
>... the less worthy ...
Why? The most noble sport is a lottery then? Because that is essentially what you would turn this competition into.
edit: But the accessibility argument is probably valid, yeah. There should be a higher less artificial league then, or something.
