In previous posts I’ve shown you the micromouse maze that I’m building, as well as the micromouse robot. Today I’m going to show you the maze solving code I’m using to find the center of a maze. Here’s a preview.
Encoders give a micromouse the power to measure the distance it travels so that it can build a mental map of a maze. Read on to see how I measure the movement of the wheels to calculate turns and forward movements.
In my previous post I connected four analog distance sensors to my Arduino Due and fed the sensor data to Processing, which displayed a graph of the results. In this post I’m attaching continuous servos and hooking these pieces together to get object avoidance.
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To build a micromouse I need sensors that see the maze and motors that move the robot through the maze, connected to a brain that I can teach. All of that is powered by a battery. In this post I’m going to connect the micromouse sensors and graph their output. (more…)
This weekend the micromouse maze Luke painted and assembled part of the maze. Now we’re looking for a laser trigger to time the races, and I’ll start documenting my micromouse robot build.
A question for you: What is the best time of the year to run this contest again in the fall/winter? We want to work with your schedule so that your students can build a robot as part of their course work.
