Durham University
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Micromouse Maze Solver

Small teams, ideally of one or two people, to develop an intelligent mouse to rules set out at http://www.tic.ac.uk/micromouse/toh.asp.

The UK Micromouse 2008 Competition will be held on Saturday 28th June 2008, hosted by the Technology Innovation Centre at Millennium Point, Birmingham. If enough teams are formed, then it may be feasible to run a competition within the School of Engineering.

Please Visit the following site for more information about the competition.

Click here to see a video demo of one of our mice . To enquire about this project, please e-mail.

Check the DUES Wiki for more regular updates.

 

Heavy Lift and Electric Lift Challenge

Small teams, ideally of two or three people, to develop an intelligent mouse to rules set out at http://www.bmfa.org/news/2007/11/13/bmfa-announce-the-2008-heavy-lift-and-electric-lift-challenge/.


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