For those who don't understand what this is, the quick answer is that this is basically a robotics and programming competition. It's actually pretty neat how well the micromouse did in mapping the maze!
While I"m not exactly impressed with the mini-mouse's map-making program, it's incredible dexterity why navigating this complex maze was quite astonishing. 1:16 - the way it zigzagged diagonally was truly impressive. Trying to develop AI for a robotic device is a lot trickier than it looks.
I think it's lame because it's clearly not proper keeping track of the route it takes, and by consequence, its position. Otherwise it would've realised it was on the lane it started on when it went the opposite direction at rapid speed. It's just a toy brute-forcing a maze, and there's nothing technical or complex about that.
@@victoriam586 This is only its first run. The goal here is not to solve the maze in the fastest time, but to learn the maze and find the fastest route so it can go faster in subsequent runs. And, yes, it did realize it was in the same place when it "went in the opposite direction at rapid speed". That's how it knew there weren't any walls it front of it so it *could* go fast.
A 3 d version of that would be critical in finding trapped people after an earthquake. Nice tech and a great learning tool for making feersum endjines ;)
It is trying to find the fastest way in and out. This is called the search run because after this they do a run where they time it going as fast as possible to the target and back.
command is given to map the whole map,it got four set corners loaded in memory it "knows" length and width of set corners,...it also "knows" the width of the walls and track....... and it needs to find and map everything inbetween those corners ,.... and finding the box is also mandatory,....... that it found the box this fast? was sheer luck ,....but it still needed to map the rest of the map to enable the home command ;)and when it did enabled the home command ,... it went into tripple speed to shave off some seconds ,... it could do this because it just finished the whole map and is still loaded ,...after the last corner @ 5:02 ,.. you can see it happening that it enabled the home command ... it "knew" where it was at all times thats calibrating and then programming the thing like a baoss props
So, what if I need to restore the surface? On a traditional table I can have it re-clothed or even just change the cloth if I don't like the speed. It seems to me like this is a novelty item for people that don't really play. I would rather pay for a world class felt on slate table so I can get more features and, probably, a better life span. I wouldn't look down on anyone for getting this table and I would find it fun to play on but I, myself, would not buy one.
It is a DIY description. Magic Jonson proclaims mice to be dead species so Japanese Hamburglar enthusiasts rush to the scene of a big square to pump themselves up for a night of hamburger stealing to feed the last mating pair of mice solely to piss of Magic Jonson for not cutting his fingernails into nice isometric shapes. Note: Magic Jonson and the Hamburglars were unavailable to comment about this comment as I never asked them for comments on this comment before posting the comment. Questions?
no one is controlling it. but this video is actually only half of what happens in these contests. first the robot tries to find the finish and makes kind of a map of the labyrinth. as soon as he returns the creator turns up the speed. the mouse then calculates the fastest way it had found during the first run and goes as fast as possible. there is a total time limit each constructor has and the fastest mouse to get from start to finish wins. Its basically a battle of search algorythms and good construction of a kart that runs smootly and fast without hitting the walls
If I understand correctly, the mouse first maps out the maze in a search run, determines the fastest route to the goal, and then in the fast run it blazes through the maze the way it thinks is the fastest possible?
The mouse did include a maze solving algorithm in its firmware which handles searching and find the best path from the start cell to the goal area. th-cam.com/video/gwE5HrZSQpg/w-d-xo.html
I'm assuming that the mouse stores the calculated path internally once it figures it out, so, why not launch the mouse one more time (once it returns to the start point) and watch it make the most direct route to the finish area?
@@OutOfWards Since I made that comment I have watched many of these competitions. I think the fastest second run-thru I've seen was under 4 seconds. Pretty impressive!
Couldn't a little robot mouse like this have some sort of sensor to take a sort of digital image of it's surroundings and analyze it for the quickest route?
Uhm, You saw the map from the top-down. The robot has to deal with the walls, not to mention it wasn't trying to solve the map, it was just mapping out the maze. The speed run is in the next round. We're humans, we have very strong senses, that robot is really fucking tiny. Like 5 cm at max, and it doing that much computing in itself is amazing.
I guess I have more faith and ambition in technology than most. Robots have the ability to be much more aware of their surroundings than humans are; using radar, sonar, thermal, and more.. Something small like this might need to use an external computer for quick calculation/process of data retrieved, but only for now. I mean you can fit a lot of computer into a small cell phone..
The rules specifically state that the robot can't communicate with any outside computer. Everything must be contained within a little 5cm x 5cm robot, and it must do everything itself. It's like asking why soccer players don't just pick up the ball and carry it to the goal, because that would be much easier than kicking it. The whole point of soccer is to see how well you can manipulate the ball when you have your primary manipulators (hands and arms) taken away. It's the same here: it's a *programming* competition first and foremost, to see which robot can figure the maze out from very limited information. That being said, there's one video I've seen of a competition using larger robots (18cm x 18cm, I think) where one of the bots had a camera on an extending boom. Since the clock doesn't start until the bot leaves the start square, it could take all the time in the world to image the maze from above and figure out the best route before its first run.
Nope, no external computer. Everything must be contained in the mouse itself. And, yes, they get as many runs as they can fit in a certain time limit. This is only the first mapping run, the later speed runs would be much faster since the mouse now knows the maze.
This is wayy out of context... there must have been heuristics involved or something. I imagine ( after attempting to make sense of the Japanese rules ) he finishes that section of the maze at @ 1:13 and after that he is just mapping out for the next round??
No, it has to get back to the starting point. Hence at 4:13 when it was almost there and then heads left and goes off you get that chuckle of that sucks
The mouse has to find its way to the white goal area, and also collect all the maze information along the way. Once the goal area is found, it has to determine whether the shortest path according to its motion capabilities is found. Then, it can run as fast as possible from the start area to the goal to win the game.
no wonder japanese and european people are in big industries nowadays.. when i was in college, i just create smarthouse miniature, cpu and gsm module as tranceiver and monitoring , from phone (by call and sms, no android and arduino at that time) to smarthouse (connect to mechanical and electrical stuff to the house miniature).. the point is, i learn the system, they create the system.. i feel like the educational purpose in deleveloping country and well developed country are different, first one is prepare to be an employee, second one prepare to be an employer.
Those robotic devices are doing quite a lot more than appears to the casual observer. While this is not my sort of fun time activity, I am still pleased to see that there are some smart folks out there who are able to design and operate these things. The haters here are giving them hell for it, while also demonstrating that they themselves are devoid of any worthwhile skills. That's why I asked them to show us what they have been making.
Consider what these devices are actually doing, and also read the comments here that describe it. That's how I discovered what is going on inside these little robots as they travel in the maze :) .
It maps out everything. This was the search run. Then they time it going as fast as possible to the target and back. The first way it found to the target is not necessarily the fastest which is why it keeps searching until it has mapped out enough of the maze to decide which way is the fastest.
This is the first time I've seen anything like this. It makes me so happy. I think I get it and I gotta say it's pretty awesome!
For those who don't understand what this is, the quick answer is that this is basically a robotics and programming competition. It's actually pretty neat how well the micromouse did in mapping the maze!
Even more impressive with how quick they are today
I think it's better if I do my homework now ...
What am I doing with my life
Watching football?
Maybe the robots will find some use for you.
same thought hahahahaha
same here : ) what am i doing with my life!!
What Am I doing with my Comment 🤔🤔🤔🤔
For anyone who wanted to see it go FAST: 2011 All Japan micromouse contest: BengKiat Half-size mouse fast run 3
Dang just its search run? I really was holding out to see its actual maze memorized fast run which is really the point.
The second run
@@Walter11 ... ya
Part 2. th-cam.com/video/3hAH5L-__0Q/w-d-xo.html
@@agvulpine Haha that was awesome. Thank you!
@@VikingVern7 the second run is the point, first, is only recognize the best way, sorry for not having responded earlier
Would have liked to see the speedrun as well.
th-cam.com/video/3hAH5L-__0Q/w-d-xo.html
@@vipero00 thanks for finding that
While I"m not exactly impressed with the mini-mouse's map-making program, it's incredible dexterity why navigating this complex maze was quite astonishing. 1:16 - the way it zigzagged diagonally was truly impressive. Trying to develop AI for a robotic device is a lot trickier than it looks.
me in wallmart
MLe MLe me in Costco
LMAO
The robots are awesome but that maze is a work of art too
Those who think this is lame can't even begin to understand its technical complexities and real world applications.
I think it's lame because it's clearly not proper keeping track of the route it takes, and by consequence, its position. Otherwise it would've realised it was on the lane it started on when it went the opposite direction at rapid speed. It's just a toy brute-forcing a maze, and there's nothing technical or complex about that.
Victoria the mouse has no idea of the internal configuration of the maze. It has to learn it as it runs thru.
@@victoriam586 This is only its first run. The goal here is not to solve the maze in the fastest time, but to learn the maze and find the fastest route so it can go faster in subsequent runs.
And, yes, it did realize it was in the same place when it "went in the opposite direction at rapid speed". That's how it knew there weren't any walls it front of it so it *could* go fast.
A 3 d version of that would be critical in finding trapped people after an earthquake. Nice tech and a great learning tool for making feersum endjines ;)
this was very entertaining to be honest. am i weird for really enjoying the simplicity of this?
MOM, it happened again... I'm in the weird place again.
I should be doing something productive for my future but here I am watching a robo mouse getting through a puzzle :)
Very complex firmware I think. The speed is crazy, when it identifies a matching pattern!
When I saw the thumbnail i thought it was about small animals, like hamsters, which are trained to run through a maze.
I think it has to go from the start (bottom) to the finish (white space) and then back to the start.
By itself in the shorter time. It is about programing.
This is cure for insomnia, thank you!
Just makes me think of nano bots exploring microchips in the future that is…
so why didn't it return using the path it came? is that not allowed?
probably to hard to make is remember every decision it made.
It is trying to find the fastest way in and out. This is called the search run because after this they do a run where they time it going as fast as possible to the target and back.
Karl Sjostedt makes sense, thanks
command is given to map the whole map,it got four set corners loaded in memory it "knows" length and width of set corners,...it also "knows" the width of the walls and track....... and it needs to find and map everything inbetween those corners ,.... and finding the box is also mandatory,....... that it found the box this fast? was sheer luck ,....but it still needed to map the rest of the map to enable the home command ;)and when it did enabled the home command ,... it went into tripple speed to shave off some seconds ,... it could do this because it just finished the whole map and is still loaded ,...after the last corner @ 5:02 ,.. you can see it happening that it enabled the home command ... it "knew" where it was at all times
thats calibrating and then programming the thing like a baoss
props
mapping the whole labyrinth? That's the dumbest goal I can imagine.
Now that the mouse won. You can plug it to your electric car for automatic driving.
What would happen if there would be bridges?
I was expecting it to be nearly as fast as the famous sumo robot that got viral lately
Think robo-vacuum, but on a miniature scale that has more intricate programming code embedded in it's tiny metal skull.
How excited everyone got when it took the diagonal XD
I can't understand this movie. What happened? Is there anyone who let me understand?
At first I thought they were using real mice in this contest. This is cool too though.
Where is the final run?
この動画はスタートからゴールまでのマッピングで、この後本気モードの走りがあると思ったんですが違ったかな
How did I get here from "Smite V Diamond Sword vs. 564 Zombie Pigmen"
so cute came back to the owner, everyone was like ohh and some chuckles in the audience
am i serious .. i mean did i really take time to watch that in youtube ?...
you left out the last bit whyyyy
So, what if I need to restore the surface? On a traditional table I can have it re-clothed or even just change the cloth if I don't like the speed. It seems to me like this is a novelty item for people that don't really play. I would rather pay for a world class felt on slate table so I can get more features and, probably, a better life span. I wouldn't look down on anyone for getting this table and I would find it fun to play on but I, myself, would not buy one.
Welp, those are 5min I won’t get back
It is a DIY description. Magic Jonson proclaims mice to be dead species so Japanese Hamburglar enthusiasts rush to the scene of a big square to pump themselves up for a night of hamburger stealing to feed the last mating pair of mice solely to piss of Magic Jonson for not cutting his fingernails into nice isometric shapes. Note: Magic Jonson and the Hamburglars were unavailable to comment about this comment as I never asked them for comments on this comment before posting the comment. Questions?
I was watching Baseball, now im here
Where's the speedrun?
but does it vacuum?
You're watching a video uploaded to TH-cam.
Why only share the first half of this?
The third fast run is here th-cam.com/video/3hAH5L-__0Q/w-d-xo.html
im really confused how i got here
I assume the 'mouse' was making a schematic of the track to learn the fastest way to the finish and back?
5 years later, yes that's correct. but only half of the run was shared with us.
Subscribed #733
Huge game!
Can't believe they made one that big
Where is the real run video?
312, please sit down, let me see the race.
Roomba should hire these guys to reprogram it. 😊
which use has the cellophane?
Search "micromouse" in Wikipedia if you feel like you need to know more XD
yeah thanks for putting the link -_-
I do, I really do.. I was expecting so much more..
How in the hell did i end up here?!?
wat am i watching rite now? is that a toy car?
What is it? Who's controlling it?
no one is controlling it. but this video is actually only half of what happens in these contests. first the robot tries to find the finish and makes kind of a map of the labyrinth. as soon as he returns the creator turns up the speed. the mouse then calculates the fastest way it had found during the first run and goes as fast as possible. there is a total time limit each constructor has and the fastest mouse to get from start to finish wins. Its basically a battle of search algorythms and good construction of a kart that runs smootly and fast without hitting the walls
@@mariohartmann0001 wow that sounds amazing. Never knew such a game existed. Thank you.
so how do you win it?
If I understand correctly, the mouse first maps out the maze in a search run, determines the fastest route to the goal, and then in the fast run it blazes through the maze the way it thinks is the fastest possible?
yes
is that mouse have an AI? By mapping all the way/maze and find or remember the track?
or just move around and just random turning?
zdienos yes it’s ai. Well when it started, it was trying to map it, so yah
The mouse did include a maze solving algorithm in its firmware which handles searching and find the best path from the start cell to the goal area.
th-cam.com/video/gwE5HrZSQpg/w-d-xo.html
BRUTE FORCE approach!
I'm assuming that the mouse stores the calculated path internally once it figures it out, so, why not launch the mouse one more time (once it returns to the start point) and watch it make the most direct route to the finish area?
i think that's what they do
That was the search run, The speed run was in the next round which was not shown in the video.
Yeah, it's only half of the run. I thumb'd down it since I was anticipating a full run, of which this is not.
@@OutOfWards Since I made that comment I have watched many of these competitions. I think the fastest second run-thru I've seen was under 4 seconds. Pretty impressive!
Sometimes I ask myself how these videos become so popular, most of youtube is here (the internet kind)
Couldn't a little robot mouse like this have some sort of sensor to take a sort of digital image of it's surroundings and analyze it for the quickest route?
Uhm, You saw the map from the top-down. The robot has to deal with the walls, not to mention it wasn't trying to solve the map, it was just mapping out the maze. The speed run is in the next round. We're humans, we have very strong senses, that robot is really fucking tiny. Like 5 cm at max, and it doing that much computing in itself is amazing.
I guess I have more faith and ambition in technology than most. Robots have the ability to be much more aware of their surroundings than humans are; using radar, sonar, thermal, and more.. Something small like this might need to use an external computer for quick calculation/process of data retrieved, but only for now. I mean you can fit a lot of computer into a small cell phone..
The rules specifically state that the robot can't communicate with any outside computer. Everything must be contained within a little 5cm x 5cm robot, and it must do everything itself.
It's like asking why soccer players don't just pick up the ball and carry it to the goal, because that would be much easier than kicking it. The whole point of soccer is to see how well you can manipulate the ball when you have your primary manipulators (hands and arms) taken away. It's the same here: it's a *programming* competition first and foremost, to see which robot can figure the maze out from very limited information.
That being said, there's one video I've seen of a competition using larger robots (18cm x 18cm, I think) where one of the bots had a camera on an extending boom. Since the clock doesn't start until the bot leaves the start square, it could take all the time in the world to image the maze from above and figure out the best route before its first run.
Хм, а что мешает записывать маршрут в память и по достижении пройти его назад? Плутала бы в три раза меньше. Или это запрещено правилами?
I would love to see a maze with microjapanese running around trying to get out. Now that would be interesting.
LOL. That's brilliant :) .
unversity = knowledge
Costume = Japanese cosplay
Pranks = tricks
Knowledge + Japanese + tricks = This video
There is not other relevant video.
Why am I craving a piece of cheese?
I wonder if an external computer runs that mouse or internal (and memory). Do they get a second round?
Nope, no external computer. Everything must be contained in the mouse itself. And, yes, they get as many runs as they can fit in a certain time limit. This is only the first mapping run, the later speed runs would be much faster since the mouse now knows the maze.
It's only half the run. The second part which the content creator did not provide, - hence the 1.1k thumb'd down.
Why upload a video of just the search run? It wouldn't have made the video much longer to include the payoff.
Yes, you are right. I try to put them altogether in later videos.
Next time add some overpass, underpass and no side boarders.
Could someone explain me what's going on, please? Hahahahahah I didn't get what is it about
It's a robot mouse mapping out the maze, it's then gonna do a speed run to the finish line in the next round, which is sadly not in the video
This is wayy out of context... there must have been heuristics involved or something.
I imagine ( after attempting to make sense of the Japanese rules ) he finishes that section of the maze at @ 1:13 and after that he is just mapping out for the next round??
No, it has to get back to the starting point. Hence at 4:13 when it was almost there and then heads left and goes off you get that chuckle of that sucks
If they had an antenna sticking up above the map they could map it visually much faster.
i started off watching videos of university costume pranks.. i love youtube
what's the rull?I don't understand why it ran so long?
The mouse has to find its way to the white goal area, and also collect all the maze information along the way. Once the goal area is found, it has to determine whether the shortest path according to its motion capabilities is found. Then, it can run as fast as possible from the start area to the goal to win the game.
suhu9379 Oh,I see, thanks,it was pretty cool.great project!
suhu9379 And another question, how many sensors are on the robot?more than 6
I think Mr. BengKiat Ng uses 4 pairs of infra red LED and sensors, gyros, accelerometers, two wheel encoders in his half size micromouse.
Knowing now, what was happening, made the video more intersting. Thanks.
touche sir, i tip my hat to you.
Where is the description for this video?
no wonder japanese and european people are in big industries nowadays..
when i was in college, i just create smarthouse miniature, cpu and gsm module as tranceiver and monitoring , from phone (by call and sms, no android and arduino at that time) to smarthouse (connect to mechanical and electrical stuff to the house miniature)..
the point is, i learn the system, they create the system..
i feel like the educational purpose in deleveloping country and well developed country are different, first one is prepare to be an employee, second one prepare to be an employer.
let me guess, the mouse uses the force to power everyone's eyeballs around the box which spells out skynet in binary mousebot; mehhh
没有看到第二遍找到最佳路径后的重跑
I still wonder how this works...
motion control + sensor readings + maze solving algorithm
i am guessing no cats allowed.
LOL I THOUGHT IT WAS A REAL MOUSE 👁👄👁
What did I just watched?
it's a robot mouse. It maps the environment in this video. after that, it goes really fast and solves the maze quickly without any external help.
I could only watch 1:14...but I want it back.
I wish I knew what was going on.
boah ! 2011 war das bereits... awesome
The sequel to maze runner.
I think I need a lie-down...
La suite aurait été plus impressionnante encore -_-
What am I looking at
I'm confused..
kind of like watching the grass grow lol
not really, watching grass grow is more exciting.
LOL at the vacuous little HATERS who are attacking this video.
How about you show us what YOU have been making?
how is this supposed to impressive though? other than the robots handling and turning
Those robotic devices are doing quite a lot more than appears to the casual observer.
While this is not my sort of fun time activity, I am still pleased to see that there are some smart folks out there who are able to design and operate these things.
The haters here are giving them hell for it, while also demonstrating that they themselves are devoid of any worthwhile skills.
That's why I asked them to show us what they have been making.
your first sentence made it appear like you were going to explain further
Consider what these devices are actually doing, and also read the comments here that describe it.
That's how I discovered what is going on inside these little robots as they travel in the maze :) .
I think the 'mouse' is actually mapping out where it has been as it continually searches for the pre-programmed destination.
is it operator or algoritm lead the mouse?
It's all automated. No manual control.
That's a hell of a sport uh?
where the finish line
Zalımın robotu bi an hiç dönmiycek sandım
aMAZE-ing!!! :D
get it?
maze??
nevermind...
get out
A-Mei-Zing!
so punny
stfu
that sound more like chinese than japanese though :P
this is aMAZEing
he is secret controlling it with the banana skin
ı think it has a small memory. I realy want to know how to programe it :D
It maps out everything. This was the search run. Then they time it going as fast as possible to the target and back. The first way it found to the target is not necessarily the fastest which is why it keeps searching until it has mapped out enough of the maze to decide which way is the fastest.
It missed a spot.
It mapped out enough to determine that the spot was irrelevant.