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A huge thank you to Peter Harrison for all of his help introducing us to the world of Micromouse – check out https://ukmars.org & https://micromouseonline.com.
Thank you to David Otten, APEC, and the All-Japan Micromouse Competition for having us.
Thank you to Juing-Hei (https://www.youtube.com/@suhu9379) & Derek Hall (https://www.youtube.com/@MicroMouse) for usage of their micromouse videos.
Thank you to John McBride, Yusaku Kanagawa, and Katie Barnshaw for their help with Japanese translations.
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References:
Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning, AT&T Tech Channel Archive - https://ve42.co/ClaudeShannon
Mighty mouse, MIT News Magazine - https://ve42.co/MightyMouse
History, Micromouse Online Blog - https://ve42.co/MMHistory
Christiansen, D. (1977). Spectral lines: Announcing the Amazing Micro-Mouse Maze Contest. IEEE Spectrum, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 27-27 - https://ve42.co/Christiansen1977
Allan, R. (1979). Microprocessors: The amazing micromice: See how they won: Probing the innards of the smartest and fastest entries in the Amazing Micro-Mouse Maze Contest. IEEE Spectrum, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 62-65, - https://ve42.co/Allan1979
1977-79 – 'MOONLIGHT SPECIAL' Battelle Inst. (American), CyberNetic Zoo - https://ve42.co/MoonlightSpecial
Christiansen, D. (2014). The Amazing MicroMouse Roars On. Spectral Lines - https://ve42.co/Christiansen2014
1986 - MicroMouse history, competition & how it got started in the USA, via YouTube - https://ve42.co/MMArchiveYT
The first World Micromouse Contest in Tsubuka, Japan, August 1985 [1/2] by TKsTclip via YouTube - https://ve42.co/MMTsukubaYT
IEEE. (2018). Micromouse Competition Rules - https://ve42.co/IEEERules
Tondra, D. (2004). The Inception of Chedda: A detailed design and analysis of micromouse. University of Nevada - https://ve42.co/Tondra2004
Braunl, T. (1999). Research relevance of mobile robot competitions. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 32-37 - https://ve42.co/Braunl1999
All Japan Micromouse 2017 by Peter Harrison, Micromouse Online - https://ve42.co/RedComet
Winning record of the national competition micromouse (half size) competition. mm3sakusya @ wiki (Google translated from Japanese) - https://ve42.co/JapanFinishTimes
The Fosbury Flop—A Game-Changing Technique, Smithsonian Magazine - https://ve42.co/FosburyFlop
Gold medal winning heights in the Men's and Women's high jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020, Statistica - https://ve42.co/HighJump
Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., & Soon, P. L. (2016). Design and realization of two-wheel micro-mouse diagonal dashing. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 31(4), 2299-2306. - https://ve42.co/Zhang2016
Micromouse Turn List, Keri's Lab - https://ve42.co/MMTurns
Green Ye via YouTube - https://ve42.co/Greenye
Classic Micromouse, Excel 9a. Demonstrate fan suction, by TzongYong Khiew via YouTube - https://ve42.co/MMFanYT
Vacuum Micromouse by Eliot, HACKADAY - https://ve42.co/MMVacuum
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Written by Tom Lum and Emily Zhang
Edited by Trenton Oliver
Animated by Ivy Tello
Coordinated by Emily Zhang
Filmed by Yusaku Kanagawa, Emily Zhang, Derek Muller, and Raquel Nuno
Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5
Music from Epidemic Sound
Thumbnail by Ren Hurley and Ignat Berbeci
References by Katie Barnshaw
Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang
how do you fit a 25 cm mouse in an 18 cm path? is this a typo or am I dyslexic
@7digger3 Says:
22:50 someone could build a miniature city maze for little drift car robots
@ChanceTimeCasino Says:
8:00 Anyone else notice the timer stopped early?
@Silicatee Says:
7:16 This music sounds like the gta heist music
@Mister0men Says:
that was over 7 seconds.
@Keeli-o Says:
Today I learned I play video games by doing a breadth first search and that's probably why games take me so long.
@MaikKellerhals Says:
Why have i never heard of this before?
@IshaqMuktar-m5p Says:
Thank you for the great content!
@deadblazer8931 Says:
We need that bur for tiny Mecha, with obstacle to jump over, debris to move and fake target to shoot with laser pointer to get bonus point.
@janwide72 Says:
On other planets there may be more trial and error as irl...
@Demo12345 Says:
I'm guessing someone has already done this, but here's a possible idea. What if someone was to make one in a diamond shape. Where it has two driving wheels that are side by side, then the other two wheels would be little castors. Both castors would be in line with the center of the car and would just be there to act as stabilization for the unit. It would then (at least in theory) allow the robot to quickly move about and spin itself in whatever direction it needs like a zero turn lawn mower.
@MrZspaghetti Says:
Updated platform. Find two locations and doesn't fort nite video game need a tron mod? The platformed could be two circles instead of square ?
@HritvikDinodiya Says:
This is where I found veratisium
@crimsonclaw6337 Says:
You know a video is good when you watch it twice
@lunarprocyon Says:
Love your videos! I have to ask though, at 16:37, is that Rowdy Roddy Piper holding a micromouse? I never never this competition existed, and now I'm enthralled by it.
@محمدسيف-ط9ط1ن Says:
You explained this so well, thank you!
@90s-Merdoc Says:
Everybody do the flop!
@theskiceplay5379 Says:
i'm glad the title precised it was on earth
@DrDeuteron Says:
Next step is IR jamming.
@chrismoody1342 Says:
Too much brain power for me. However I’m glad there are people thinking, learning and exploring ideas.
@mxguy2438 Says:
Time to turn the maze into a gauntlet.
@KamleshKumar-zu4lv Says:
Your videos are always so helpful, thank you!
@TylerTheHanson Says:
I imagine if you used 1 wheel it might be faster.
@Severice Says:
I dont like the premis of the competition where you essentially have a burn round to solve the maze, its not about solving the maze its about racing it.
@podunkest Says:
The mice are so good, I'd almost be more interested in watching people remote control it and see how fast they can solve the mazes lol
@Dustin-m7u9x Says:
We need drone courses
@Goluarmo-j2n Says:
Thanks for sharing this, learned a lot.
@somerandomdudeable Says:
Amazing how Micromouse evolved from thinking in terms of maze-solving to thinking like a racecar. Racing lines, maximizing speed through corners, grip, ground effect...
@Samuru_WCUE_Official Says:
0:32 is it just me or do I see "2016"
@dassadsaasdsdaasd Says:
0:34 idiot didn't want to say it was about ego and instead said "honor" LOL 😭
@981659 Says:
blocking off the dead ends gives you the path to the exit.
@kel_lover99 Says:
16:14 yo its death corridor 🥹
@TrollhunterTOA Says:
did you guys notice 2017 in the maze at 4:43.
@Tbone913 Says:
Should add on a tail like a cheetah to improve turning
@BratsSher Says:
Great video! Really enjoyed it.
@nabman5619 Says:
1:36 When I was a teen back in the 80s I had a professor in a high school who was evil to me, I had designed my own learning game based off of Connect 4. The game would watch and learn the opononents moves that allowed them to win, it would store the basic pre-steps to the connect 4 and then re-use that logic against the player. My teacher told me that I stold the code and I get a zero on my project, lets put that rant aside. I was not an expert in databases at the time however I used a text file to store xy coordinates to a file only for the won games. The sofware would use that file as a refrence to see if any pattern fit the profile for a win. This game actually worked, over time it became harder and harder to beat and there was one limitation. I only had a 150k floppy disk for my Apple IIc computer. I could not play long without running out of disk space. I was 16 years old at the time. I also had a math teacher in that same high school who hated me because I was smarter than him, he failed me because he claimed that I cheated on the assignment project to show wave interference on a computer. He gave my partner all the credit and gave me a zero. The one professor now has moved to a university to teach in their computer science, I wanted to visit him and say a few words, however I have restrained myself. I am in my 50s now and still coding at home for fun and teach my kids. I hope those professors are reading this, the HighSchool was in Philadelphia and the language we used was UCSD Pascal version 1.1. They know who they are..
@paw45 Says:
With small arms and urban warfare tactics. These robots would make one hell of a fighting force.
@nelson7853 Says:
So its just a giant f 1 maze track
@thepillar4313 Says:
Been watching this for years……so deope to see it getting recognition
@martinkelly57 Says:
Fascinating.
@RobBattram Says:
not maze solving but preprogrammed complex navigation
@Sashantimatter Says:
why don’t they use ball wheels so that instead of turning they can just go into any direction without slowing down
@gddawnocelot Says:
16:13 slaughterhouse?
@TheBeefSlayer Says:
This is so cool
@TheBeefSlayer Says:
So… in the rules can the mouse have a “trailer” or “dock” that it can detach from that don’t have to reach the end with the lead component? You could have a large dock that can fit more equipment to read the maze from above and then shoot off a tiny mouse that is programmed with the solution learned from the Dock or Trailer.
@KatyaEll Says:
I love the little flourish the mouse does at 16:31. Unless it's not that and it's prepping for something, but I like to think the builder added that to give the little guy a flash of personality. 🐁💗
@ZAKdeLEON Says:
Honor❤ priceless😎😎💎💎💎💎
@mitsidstevgttab2677 Says:
If they upgrade the maze they get new inventions: 1) transparent walls 2) walls that move from side to side 3) round walls 4) half-domes as obstacles and so on
@jetlorider Says:
this application is going to be weaponized by the military-industrial complex...
@halfblood47 Says:
Can you tell us the song playing from 2:50 onwards?
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