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December 12th, 2009, 13:20
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Lab rats beware -- there's a new turbo-charged robotic cousin of yours on the block. This little autonomous fellow, Tetra, has just wowed micromouse hobbyists with a 4.766-second finish time in a recent demonstration, beating the previous All Japan Micromouse contest record by a big margin of 1.6 seconds. Sadly, Tetra wasn't the winner of this year's contest as it failed to complete the final Expert Class event -- probably something to do with the lighting conditions which affected its tracking in the maze. We can still admire Tetra's awesomeness in the video after the break, followed by some thoughts from a few micromouse experts.
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Lab rats beware -- there's a new turbo-charged robotic cousin of yours on the block. This little autonomous fellow, Tetra, has just wowed micromouse hobbyists with a 4.766-second finish time in a recent demonstration, beating the previous All Japan Micromouse contest record by a big margin of 1.6 seconds. Sadly, Tetra wasn't the winner of this year's contest as it failed to complete the final Expert Class event -- probably something to do with the lighting conditions which affected its tracking in the maze. We can still admire Tetra's awesomeness in the video after the break, followed by some thoughts from a few micromouse experts.
Continue reading Tetra the micromouse needs no cheese, completes maze in new record time (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/tetra-the-micromouse-needs-no-cheese-completes-maze-in-new-reco/)
Tetra the micromouse needs no cheese, completes maze in new record time (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/tetra-the-micromouse-needs-no-cheese-completes-maze-in-new-reco/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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