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When I was in my teens I can remember people using ZX81s and other computers of the era to build these Unfortunately can't find a picture of one in Google imag

When I was in my teens I can remember people using ZX81s and other computers of the era to build these Unfortunately can't find a picture of one in Google images

layer8 2y ago
Here’s a video from 1982: https://youtu.be/usKAEZ8dmQE https://youtu.be/usKAEZ8dmQE
- soneca 2y ago
  What a find! A video posted 10 years ago, 88 views (after you posted here) and a non- descriptive title or description that is about micromouses How did you find it?
  - layer8 2y ago
    Google image search (what GP tried) for “zx81 micromouse” but clicked on “The rest of the results might not be what you're looking for. See more anyway” at the bottom, which surfaced a link to https://forum.arduino.cc/t/its-1982-and-you-need-a-microcontroller-d/182946 https://forum.arduino.cc/t/its-1982-and-you-need-a-microcont.... I tend to take it as a challenge when someone claims they can’t find something on the net. ;)
    - kragen 2y ago
      technically thezeus is a zx80, but they're very similar machines from very nearly the same time
    - soneca 2y ago
      I am glad you did! It was great watching this. Thanks!
- The_Colonel 2y ago
  The longevity of the competition makes it a nice visual demonstration of technology advances. I can't recall other such examples which would be so accessible and span so many decades.
- isolli 2y ago
  I love how one competitor completely disparages his mouse: - Can it be considered intelligent? - No, it's absolutely dim. It will solve, I hope, a particular problem. Outside of this environment, it's useless. He's only following a set of instructions that I told him to do. I bet that these days, that person would be a lot more enthusiastic: it's artificial intelligence!
cromulent 2y ago
I remember a write-up of this competition around the same time, a year or two earlier perhaps, in Popular Mechanics or some such magazine. From memory there were two main strategies: simple brute-force wall-followers and maze-mappers. The only bot I can remember was named Harvey Wallbanger. Edit: 1980, found it. http://davidbuckley.net/RS/mmouse/images/PM80p17article1268.png http://davidbuckley.net/RS/mmouse/images/PM80p17article1268....

When I was in my teens I can remember people using ZX81s and other computers of the era to build these Unfortunately can't find a picture of one in Google images

layer8 2y ago

Here’s a video from 1982: https://youtu.be/usKAEZ8dmQE https://youtu.be/usKAEZ8dmQE

soneca 2y ago
What a find! A video posted 10 years ago, 88 views (after you posted here) and a non- descriptive title or description that is about micromouses How did you find it?
- layer8 2y ago
  Google image search (what GP tried) for “zx81 micromouse” but clicked on “The rest of the results might not be what you're looking for. See more anyway” at the bottom, which surfaced a link to https://forum.arduino.cc/t/its-1982-and-you-need-a-microcontroller-d/182946 https://forum.arduino.cc/t/its-1982-and-you-need-a-microcont.... I tend to take it as a challenge when someone claims they can’t find something on the net. ;)
  - kragen 2y ago
    technically thezeus is a zx80, but they're very similar machines from very nearly the same time
  - soneca 2y ago
    I am glad you did! It was great watching this. Thanks!
The_Colonel 2y ago
The longevity of the competition makes it a nice visual demonstration of technology advances. I can't recall other such examples which would be so accessible and span so many decades.
isolli 2y ago
I love how one competitor completely disparages his mouse: - Can it be considered intelligent? - No, it's absolutely dim. It will solve, I hope, a particular problem. Outside of this environment, it's useless. He's only following a set of instructions that I told him to do. I bet that these days, that person would be a lot more enthusiastic: it's artificial intelligence!

cromulent 2y ago

I remember a write-up of this competition around the same time, a year or two earlier perhaps, in Popular Mechanics or some such magazine. From memory there were two main strategies: simple brute-force wall-followers and maze-mappers. The only bot I can remember was named Harvey Wallbanger. Edit: 1980, found it. http://davidbuckley.net/RS/mmouse/images/PM80p17article1268.png http://davidbuckley.net/RS/mmouse/images/PM80p17article1268....