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Hi Duncan et al.
"would not approve" referred to the choice of
processor, I thought you were a died in the wool Atmel user!
I have never used a PICAXE, but assuming
there are no serious overheads which prevent the full use of all the
resources of the base chip, I cannot see why they should not solve mazes. I
agree with the comment about all mice tending to become the same and accept that
with minimal mice this process could be more rapid.
The dynamics and chassis design will give
scope for originality since the requirements are not the same as a conventional
mouse and there is not much processor power available to overcome shortcomings
in this area. Also a small processor does not have space to optimise
the route using conventional flooding, this leaves space for new maze solving
ideas.
For adults and older students, a "one make
series" should select a target device which is too small to succeed
with a conventional approach. Otherwise you are back to the problems of
handicaps.
cheers
John <<
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