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A huge thank you to Peter Harrison for all of his help introducing us to the world of Micromouse – check out https://ukmars.org & https://micromouseonline.com.
Thank you to David Otten, APEC, and the AllJapan Micromouse Competition for having us.
Thank you to JuingHei (   / @suhu9379  ) & Derek Hall (   / @micromouse  ) for usage of their micromouse videos.
Thank you to John McBride, Yusaku Kanagawa, and Katie Barnshaw for their help with Japanese translations.

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References:
Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning, AT&T Tech Channel Archive https://ve42.co/ClaudeShannon
Mighty mouse, MIT News Magazine https://ve42.co/MightyMouse
History, Micromouse Online Blog https://ve42.co/MMHistory
Christiansen, D. (1977). Spectral lines: Announcing the Amazing MicroMouse Maze Contest. IEEE Spectrum, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 2727 https://ve42.co/Christiansen1977
Allan, R. (1979). Microprocessors: The amazing micromice: See how they won: Probing the innards of the smartest and fastest entries in the Amazing MicroMouse Maze Contest. IEEE Spectrum, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 6265, https://ve42.co/Allan1979
197779 – “MOONLIGHT SPECIAL” Battelle Inst. (American), CyberNetic Zoo https://ve42.co/MoonlightSpecial
Christiansen, D. (2014). The Amazing MicroMouse Roars On. Spectral Lines https://ve42.co/Christiansen2014
1986 MicroMouse history, competition & how it got started in the USA, via YouTube https://ve42.co/MMArchiveYT
The first World Micromouse Contest in Tsubuka, Japan, August 1985 [1/2] by TKsTclip via YouTube https://ve42.co/MMTsukubaYT
IEEE. (2018). Micromouse Competition Rules https://ve42.co/IEEERules
Tondra, D. (2004). The Inception of Chedda: A detailed design and analysis of micromouse. University of Nevada https://ve42.co/Tondra2004
Braunl, T. (1999). Research relevance of mobile robot competitions. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 3237 https://ve42.co/Braunl1999
All Japan Micromouse 2017 by Peter Harrison, Micromouse Online https://ve42.co/RedComet
Winning record of the national competition micromouse (half size) competition. mm3sakusya @ wiki (Google translated from Japanese) https://ve42.co/JapanFinishTimes
The Fosbury Flop—A GameChanging Technique, Smithsonian Magazine https://ve42.co/FosburyFlop
Gold medal winning heights in the Men's and Women's high jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020, Statistica https://ve42.co/HighJump
Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., & Soon, P. L. (2016). Design and realization of twowheel micromouse diagonal dashing. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 31(4), 22992306. https://ve42.co/Zhang2016
Micromouse Turn List, Keri’s Lab https://ve42.co/MMTurns
Green Ye via YouTube https://ve42.co/Greenye
Classic Micromouse, Excel 9a. Demonstrate fan suction, by TzongYong Khiew via YouTube https://ve42.co/MMFanYT
Vacuum Micromouse by Eliot, HACKADAY https://ve42.co/MMVacuum

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Written by Tom Lum and Emily Zhang
Edited by Trenton Oliver
Animated by Ivy Tello
Coordinated by Emily Zhang
Filmed by Yusaku Kanagawa, Emily Zhang, and Derek Muller
Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5
Music from Epidemic Sound
Thumbnail by Ren Hurley and Ignat Berbeci
References by Katie Barnshaw
Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang