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The Micromouse project involves designing an autonomous robot mouse that can navigate through an unknown maze to locate its center. Tondra De and Drew Hall from UNLV designed a micromouse that could complete the maze in under 45 seconds, winning first place at the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Micromouse Competition. As an honors college project, they also researched the social implications of robotics. Their micromouse design and research led to multiple awards in engineering design and paper competitions.

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The Micromouse is a small, mobile robot “mouse” whose goal is to navigate through an
unknown 16 cell by 16 cell maze and locates its center as quickly as possible. The robot is self-
contained and fully autonomous. Having no prior information about the maze, it travels through
the pathways and uses infrared technology to sense the presence of walls on its left, right, front,
and back. Newly discovered obstacle information causes the maze solving algorithm running in
the robot’s microprocessor to recalculate the quickest path to the center of the maze. The
significance of the project is that research in the field of robotics has a variety of far-reaching
social implications, including advancements in biomedical engineering, automation of tasks
unsuitable for human beings, rescue operations, domestic applications, etc. In particular, robots
such as Micromouse could be constructed on a larger scale and used to search burning buildings
for people trapped in a particular room, or to travel to the affected area of a hazardous material
spill and help secure the area against human exposure.

This was an article written about the Micromouse project for the Honors College:

UNLV Students Place First in Engineering Design Competition

On Saturday, April 9, 2005, senior UNLV engineering students Tondra De and Drew Hall
competed in the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Micromouse Competition held at the
University of California, San Diego, and placed first. It was the first time for a team from
UNLV to participate in the contest.

The Micromouse Competition is an annual robotics design contest held by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The premise of the contest is that a small, self-
contained, fully-autonomous mobile robot “mouse” must navigate through an unknown 16 cell
by 16 cell maze and locate the center. The Micromouse that makes the fastest timed run from
the start to the center of the maze within the ten minutes allotted to each robot is declared the
winner. Successful participation in the competition involves knowledge of a wide range of
engineering disciplines. The design process is intended to encourage innovation and creativity in
electronics, mechanics, controls and computer science.

De, a double major in electrical engineering and mathematics, and Hall, a computer engineering
major and mathematics minor, have been diligently working on their Micromouse design during
the past school year for their Senior Design capstone project. The winning time for their
Micromouse to reach the center of the maze was just under 45 seconds.

As members of the Honors College, De and Hall have also researched the social implications of
robotics in their joint Honors Thesis project. Says Hall, “Robotics will branch out into many
more aspects of our daily lives in the future – robotics is the future.”

Here is the list of awards we won for our project:

 Second Place in the IEEE Region 6 Micromouse Competition – Fall 2005
 First Place in the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Micromouse Competition – Spring
2005
 First Place in the UNLV Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior
Design Competition – Spring 2005

 First Place in the Nevada NASA Space Grant Student Paper Contest – Spring 2005
 Second Place in the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Student Paper Contest
 First Place in the IEEE Las Vegas Chapter Student Paper Contest – Spring 2005

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Micromouse information

1. Micromouse Information Abstract: The Micromouse is a small, mobile robot “mouse” whose goal is to navigate through an unknown 16 cell by 16 cell maze and locates its center as quickly as possible. The robot is self- contained and fully autonomous. Having no prior information about the maze, it travels through the pathways and uses infrared technology to sense the presence of walls on its left, right, front, and back. Newly discovered obstacle information causes the maze solving algorithm running in the robot’s microprocessor to recalculate the quickest path to the center of the maze. The significance of the project is that research in the field of robotics has a variety of far-reaching social implications, including advancements in biomedical engineering, automation of tasks unsuitable for human beings, rescue operations, domestic applications, etc. In particular, robots such as Micromouse could be constructed on a larger scale and used to search burning buildings for people trapped in a particular room, or to travel to the affected area of a hazardous material spill and help secure the area against human exposure. This was an article written about the Micromouse project for the Honors College: UNLV Students Place First in Engineering Design Competition On Saturday, April 9, 2005, senior UNLV engineering students Tondra De and Drew Hall competed in the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Micromouse Competition held at the University of California, San Diego, and placed first. It was the first time for a team from UNLV to participate in the contest. The Micromouse Competition is an annual robotics design contest held by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The premise of the contest is that a small, self- contained, fully-autonomous mobile robot “mouse” must navigate through an unknown 16 cell by 16 cell maze and locate the center. The Micromouse that makes the fastest timed run from the start to the center of the maze within the ten minutes allotted to each robot is declared the winner. Successful participation in the competition involves knowledge of a wide range of engineering disciplines. The design process is intended to encourage innovation and creativity in electronics, mechanics, controls and computer science. De, a double major in electrical engineering and mathematics, and Hall, a computer engineering major and mathematics minor, have been diligently working on their Micromouse design during the past school year for their Senior Design capstone project. The winning time for their Micromouse to reach the center of the maze was just under 45 seconds. As members of the Honors College, De and Hall have also researched the social implications of robotics in their joint Honors Thesis project. Says Hall, “Robotics will branch out into many more aspects of our daily lives in the future – robotics is the future.”

2. Here is the list of awards we won for our project:  Second Place in the IEEE Region 6 Micromouse Competition – Fall 2005  First Place in the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Micromouse Competition – Spring 2005  First Place in the UNLV Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design Competition – Spring 2005  First Place in the Nevada NASA Space Grant Student Paper Contest – Spring 2005  Second Place in the IEEE Region 6 Southwestern Area Student Paper Contest  First Place in the IEEE Las Vegas Chapter Student Paper Contest – Spring 2005

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