I feel that if every
square must have at least one wall, this severely restricts maze design. Also,
the combs feature tends to present a challenge to side sensing mice since they
have to run their pivots blind as there is no reference point. Top sensing
mice should still be able to find a reference point
though.
My
2cents
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-----Original
Message-----
From:
owner-micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk [mailto:owner-micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk]
On Behalf Of Duncan
Louttit
Sent: 07 September
2004 02:07
To:
micromouse@cs.rhul.ac.uk
Subject: RE: Rules
Hi
Everyone,
On
to rule 4:
"Square posts, each 1.2cm x l.2cm x 5cm high, shall be
placed at the four comers of each unit square (the lattice points). The
micromouse maze shall be constituted such that there is at least one wall
touching each lattice point, except for the destination
square."
The
rule seems clear enough to me, but there has been an issue in the past about
whether each square should have at least one wall. This bans the horrible
"combs" that seem a feature of some far-eastern mazes and helps less
well-controlled mice reach the
centre.
Comments
please.
Regards,
Duncan