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Claude Shannon created Theseus
Theseus was a robotic mouse that had the ability to learn through a process of trial and error. It was able to finish a maze without anyone controlling it, only based on the knowledge that it stored. -
Spectrum announced the first Micromouse competition
The Micro-mouse competition was then known as the Amazing Micro-mouse Competition. There were to be 15 competitors running -
The first Micromouse competition in New York
The original sizes of the mazes were 16x16 squares. Each square was 180 mm. -
Micromouse thought to have "outlived" itself.
At this point, people had thought that the micromouse competition had outlived itself, as there were no further challenges that revealed themselves. -
Mitee Mouse III introduced diagonal turns
Micromouse used to turn in 90 degree angles, which slowed them down. However, Mitee Mouse III introduced turning diagonally, which allowed them to turn much smoother. -
In the earlier 2000s, Fans were introduced into the competition
Mokomo08 was a mouse that used a fan on the bottom of it to suck itself to the floor. This solved a very dangerous problem of the race, one that caused problems for many micromice: going at high speeds yet not losing control of direction or flying away. -
Half-Size Micromouse was introduced
In the 30th Japan competition of 2009, the half-size micromouse competition was introduced, with 32x32 mazes. -
World Record for micro-mouse
In the Japan 2011 competition, Ng Beng Kiat designed a micro-mouse that completed the maze in 3.921 seconds. -
Red Comet's different path
At this competition, the other mouse all found the shortest path to the goal. However, Red Comet took a longer path that enabled it to reach the goal even faster than the others. This was because its path had fewer turns and it was a lot of straight paths. -
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