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Micro-Mouse Contest
IEEE CPERE
www.ieee-cpere.org
Oct. 23-25, 2019
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contest
Micro-Mouse Contest
1 General Information
Competition Title: International Micro-Mouse Contest
Challenge Program Awards
Grand Prize: An equivalent of $1,000
Outstanding Performance Award: An equivalent of $500
Best Innovative Design Award: An equivalent of $300
In addition to registration-free invitation (2 members) to attend the IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable
Energy (CPERE 2019), Movenpick Hotel, Aswan, Oct. 23-25, 2019. Other team members can register at the Conference based
on conference announced registration types.
Outside Support
Individual schools should solicit project funding from companies, foundations, utilities, manufacturers, government agencies,
or other sources. There is no limitation for the sources of project funding.
Who can Participate?
Group participation (5 persons max) by undergraduate engineering students enrolled in Engineering programs inside or outside
Egypt (internationally) is eligible. Within each group, a maximum of two graduates are allowed.
How to Participate?
Participation is on a proposal basis. Students that are interested must submit a proposal before the proposal deadline.
Proposals will be judged by a distinguished panel of volunteer experts. teams with successful proposals will be notified
according to the announced date as indicated in the Calendar Dates section below. Student teams will then carry out the work
and prepare hardware prototypes and reports including video for 30 second of working Micro-Mouse. Deadline for the progress
reports and qualification reports are listed under Calendar Dates section. The reports will be judged by a panel of expert
professionals. The panel will select a group of teams as finalists based on the progress and qualifying reports. Finalists will
compete in a final competition in the IEEE conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy (CPERE 2019) to be held in
Aswan in the period from October 23-25, 2019, where the rank of the competing teams will be decided by a group of national
and international experts.
Criteria of Evaluation
First stage: Teams will be judged based on quality of proposal, potential algorithms and controllers, robot designs and Cost of
expecting budget.
Short listed stage: Teams will be judged based on quality of report, actual electrical design and its calculations, mechatronics
design, simulated algorithm, Results and quality of prototype
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Administrative Considerations and Limitations
proposal Report video
Length Proposals are limited to 12 single-sided double- Reports are limited to Videos are limited to
spaced pages of text, figures, and appendices. 12 single-sided 30 seconds, maximum
The page size must be 8.5" x 11" or A4 and the double-spaced pages resolution is 1080
font size must be 12 points. Margins should be at of text, figures, and pixels
least 25 mm from all sides. appendices. The page
size must be 8.5" x 11"
or A4 and the font size
must be 12 points.
Margins should be at
least 25 mm from all
sides.
Language Proposals must be written in English. Reports must be Videos caption must
written in English. be in English if it
existing
Contents Proposals must contain introduction–Potential Reports must contain Videos must contain
Algorithms-Potential controllers –electrical Introduction –actual working robot , any
system design –mechanical system design – electrical design size of maze and
Potential budget – implementation schedule including power design are allowed
calculation and layout
– actual mechatronics
design including
calculatio – Simulated
algorithm – Results
and conclusion
Due Date All proposals must be received by close of All reports must be All videos must be
business on July 20, 2019 for full consideration. received by close of received by close of
business on business on
September 1, 2019 for September 1, 2019 for
full consideration. full consideration.
Proposal Submission The electronic copy of the proposal in PDF The electronic copy of The electronic copy of
format must be submitted on the conference the report in PDF the video in MP4
website format must be format must be
submitted on the submitted by email
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25938
Submit under “International Student conference website (will be announced
Competition” later)
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2 Rules of the contest
2.1 Rules for Micro-mouse
1. Micro-mouse must be autonomous. It is not allowed to use an energy source given by combustion process.
2. Micro-mouse must not have any hardware or software added, deleted, replaced or modified by the operator during
the contest. It is however permitted to make minor repairs such as battery changes may be allowed. In such case,
the battery must be the same specification.
3. Micro-mouse is not allowed to leave any of the parts on the maze.
4. Micro-mouse is not allowed to jump over, climb, scratch, damage or destroy the walls.
5. The projection of the Micro-mouse on the floor must be contained within a square of each sides in 12.5 cm. This
must be satisfied even when the shape of the Micro-mouse changes during the contest. There are no restr ictions to
the height of the Micro-mouse.
2.2 Rules for the Maze
1. The side of the walls are white, and the top of the walls are red. The floor of the maze is painted in black. It is made
of wood, finished with non-gloss black paint. However, top of the walls for the finish zone and the starting point are
painted in yellow.
2. The maze is composed of 9 x 9 cm unit squares. The maximum number of squares will be 32 x 32 squares. The height
of the walls are 2.5 cm and its thickness are 0.6 cm.
3. The starting point of the maze will be located at one of the four corners of the maze. Micro-mouse starts in a
clockwise direction. The finish zone is located on the center 4 section.
4. There are Small square zones, each 0.6 cm x 0.6 cm, at the four corners of each unit square. This zone is called attic
points, and a maze is built so that there is at least one wall to a lattice point except for the interior of the finish zone.
The entire maze will be completely surrounded by exterior walls
2.3 Rules for the contest
1. The fastest lap from the start to the finish zone will be recorded as its official time. Classic-mouse Contest will be
evaluated on the fastest lap and its independence. The criteria for evaluation and the rules for awarding prizes are
determined at each contest.
2. After the maze is open to public, the operator is not allowed to feed any maze information to Micro-mouse. During
the contest, the operator is not allowed to change any maze information gathered from the search run, using switch
or its kind.
3. Micro-mouse begins its run from a starting point and ends when it came back. The run will also finish when Micro-
mouse stops for 2 seconds or it is approved by chairperson.
4. When Micro-mouse returns to the starting point and beings another run automatically, the Micro-mouse must stop
for at least two seconds at the starting point.
5. The operator is not allowed to touch the Micro-mouse during the run unless instructed or given permission by a
tournament chairperson to do so. The tournament chairperson accepts an operator's request to discontinue its run
if an apparent malfunction is found in his/her micro-mouse's run. For the cases in which a request to discontinue is
made for any other reasons, permissions will be made on the condition which all memory of the maze is erased.
6. The time limit for one competitor is basically 10 minutes. This limit will change to 5 minutes depending on the
tournament. Micro-mouse is permitted to make up to 3 runs.
7. Micro-mouse is considered to have completed the run when the entire lower portion of its body (defined as its
portion up to 2.5 cm above the floor level) has entered the finish zone. However, elapsed time are measured from
the moment the sensors placed at the starting point senses the Micro-mouse and to the moment the sensor located
at the entry point to the finish zone senses the same Micro-mouse.
8. The lightings, temperature and humidity of the room in which the maze is located will be those of an ambient
environment. Requests to adjust the lightings will not be accepted.
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9. The tournament chairperson has the rights to ask to the operator about the Micro-mouse if it is appropriate. The
tournament chairperson also has the rights to stop a run, declare disqualification, or ask for instructions if it is
appropriate.
2.4 Attention
1. Contestant is not permitted to load programs or replace ROM during a contest. It is also prohibited to send any
information to Micro-mouse from development unit or console box that is independent from the main Micro-mouse
unit.
2. Contestant is permitted to remove dust and debris on the tires during a contest using adhesive tape, etc.; however,
no solvents and likely may be used for the purpose of increasing friction.
3. In each of its runs, Micro-mouse may continue its search even after it has reached the finish zone. In such a case, the
elapsed time when Micro-mouse has reached the finish zone for the first time will be recorded.
4. If Micro-mouse returns to the starting point and begins another run within two seconds, it is assumed that the next
run has begun. However, this run will be invalid.
5. Except for the run, Micro-mouse may not be placed for adjustment or other purposes in any part of the maze other
than on the starting point
6. Dimensions of Micro-mouse
The size of the lower structure of Micro-mouse is constrained by the size of the maze despite the provisions of article
2.1.5.
7. Structure of Maze
The maze is made in a sensible accuracy. So that there will be errors to the maze dimension to some extent. As the
maze is designed to come apart for preservation, it may produce gaps or difference in level of approximately 1 mm
between sections of the walls or the floor. There may be non-uniform coloring, discoloring and stains.
8. Type and position of the Sensors for recording
Type: Transmission photoelectric sensors.
Optical axis placed 1 cm above the floor.
Position: Start sensor: At the boundary between the starting unit square and the next unit square.
Goal Sensor: The entry point for the finish zone.
3 Calendar Events
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 Announce the competition and send invitation
Saturday, 20 July 2019 Initial Proposals Submission Deadline
Wednesday, 31 July 2019 Teams informed of acceptance into the competition.
Reports and Video Submission Deadline
Saturday, 1 September 2019 (Qualification reports must include preliminary
experimental results and video).
Sunday, 10 September 2019 Finalist competitors’ announcement.
4 Contact information
Mohamed Abd El-mageed Arafat Jaheen, Mohamed.Jaheen@ieee.org, Cell : 01118529670 | 01094117587
Mahmoud Nassary, mnassary@ieee.org
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