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Techfest 2019

The UK main UK competition held in conjunction with BCU (Birmingham City University) on Saturday 1st June 2019.

Competitions hosted were:

  • Line follower
  • Drag Race
  • Micromouse:
    • Non-Contact Wall Follower (Junior and Senior)
    • Maze Solver (Junior, Intermediate and Senior)
    • Time Trial

Results

The Judges award for interesting and innovative engineering went to Gustavo Lara, Gerardo Gomezand Leonardo Manzo for their line following Robot Castor

Best Score Times

Maze Solver Heats

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Decimus 5A Successful 6320 6320 Peter Harrison Senior
MouseX Successful 19570 19570 Derek Hall Senior
PicOne Turbo Successful 34480 34480 Jim Chidley Senior
PicOne Successful 46810 46810 Jim Chidley Senior
Fat Cat 3c Successful 95050 95050 Tim Foden Senior
Kaasjager Successful 124720 124720 Coen Roos Senior
Tom & Jerry Retired BCUMicromouse Student
MouseX2 Retired Derek Hall Senior
MERV 2 Retired Binaryfive Senior
Freda Retired Ian Butterworth Senior
FAB1 Retired Derek Hall Senior

Maze Solver Final

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Decimus 5A Successful 6370 6370 Peter Harrison Senior
Fat Cat 3c Successful 12670 12670 Tim Foden Senior
MouseX2 Successful 18810 18810 Derek Hall Senior
PicOne Turbo Successful 30190 30190 Jim Chidley Senior
PicOne Successful 46700 46700 Jim Chidley Senior
Freda Successful 53610 53610 Ian Butterworth Senior
Kaasjager Successful 72050 72050 Coen Roos Senior
FAB1 Successful 72610 72610 Derek Hall Senior
MouseX Retired Derek Hall Senior
LeiFire Retired Lekha Ballina Junior
MERV 2 Retired Binaryfive Senior
Lumia Retired Lahari Junior
Old Yeller Retired Duncan Louttit Senior

Wall Follower

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Orange Successful 24400 24400 Bernard Grabowski Senior
Schnorbitz Successful 31340 31340 Ken Hewitt Senior
Erratic Successful 43470 43470 David Hannaford Senior
LEFTY Successful 48050 48050 Ken Hewitt Senior
Freda Successful 57980 57980 Ian Butterworth Senior
Quadratic Retired David Hannaford Senior
Asymouse Retired Ian Butterworth Senior

Junior Line Follower

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Zoomin’ Jerry Successful 10411 10411 Bethan Edwards Junior
Idea Successful 10461 10461 Owain Edwards Junior
Sivan Successful 10798 10798 Nathesa Sivakumaran Junior
Anemoi Successful 10902 10902 Lahari Junior
The Flash Successful 11033 11033 Ilsa Adnan Junior
Mozzarella Successful 11254 11254 Kaviyashree Damodaran Junior
Cheez Greater Successful 11326 11326 India Harris Junior
Mousarella Successful 11549 11549 Imogen Crocker Junior
Human Being Successful 11714 11714 Abigail Robinson Junior
Squeezer Successful 11786 11786 Saanvi Chokkarapu Junior
Cheeze Successful 11852 11852 Priyasha Rentala Junior
Maze Finder Successful 11871 11871 Maanya Shankar Junior
Thanos Successful 12527 12527 Lekha Ballina Junior
X-Wing Successful 24595 24595 Max Bayliss Junior
Anonymouse Retired Sri Kaamya Panachagnula Junior
Delphine Retired Ravin Mustafa Junior

Student Line Follower

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Shirley-trial Successful 7319 7319 Tomohiro Matsubayashi Student
RIFT-E Successful 56684 56684 Eltayeb Hassan Student
The amazon prime Successful 97250 97250 KodeKing Student
Castor. Retired Gustavo Lara Student
Dirty Money Retired alexantru Student
ADLV Retired Team007 Student

Senior Line Follower

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Orange Successful 10592 10592 Bernard Grabowski Senior
Asymouse Successful 10656 10656 Ian Butterworth Senior
Dave. Successful 14486 14486 John Fisher Senior
Radius Successful 27668 27668 Ken Hewitt Senior
Linus the Line Follower Successful 35198 35198 Nest.Of.The.Best Senior
Superlightweight Successful 39915 39915 John Fisher Senior
LinFoRD Retired Binaryfive Senior
ChunChu2 Retired Suresh Ballina Senior

Junior Drag Race Final

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Sivan Successful 2304 2304 Nathesa Sivakumaran Junior
Mozzarella Successful 2689 2689 Kaviyashree Damodaran Junior

Junior Drag Race Playoff

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Zoomin’ Jerry Successful 2514 2514 Bethan Edwards Junior
Maze Finder Successful 2578 2578 Maanya Shankar Junior

Senior Drag Race

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Missile Successful 1890 1890 Bernard Grabowski Senior
Daryl. Successful 2271 2271 John Fisher Senior
Asymouse Successful 2631 2631 Ian Butterworth Senior

Junior Wall Follower

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Human Being Successful 34060 34060 Abigail Robinson Junior
Zoomin’ Jerry Successful 34500 34500 Bethan Edwards Junior
Maze Finder Successful 34850 34850 Maanya Shankar Junior
Mozzarella Successful 34940 34940 Kaviyashree Damodaran Junior
Cheeze Successful 37710 37710 Priyasha Rentala Junior
Cheez Greater Successful 37820 37820 India Harris Junior
Mousarella Successful 38240 38240 Imogen Crocker Junior
Squeezer Successful 38850 38850 Saanvi Chokkarapu Junior
Anemoi Successful 40000 40000 Lahari Junior
Thanos Successful 43750 43750 Lekha Ballina Junior
Wally Successful 96810 96810 KesgraveHighSchool Junior
Delphine Retired Ravin Mustafa Junior
A-Wing Retired Max Bayliss Junior
Anonymouse Retired Sri Kaamya Panachagnula Junior
The Flash Retired Ilsa Adnan Junior
Sivan Retired Nathesa Sivakumaran Junior

Time Trial

Mouse_Name Outcome Score Time mS Run Time mS Contestant Name Class
Fat Cat 3c Successful 4310 4310 Tim Foden Senior
Schnorbitz Successful 15080 15080 Ken Hewitt Senior
Decimus 5A Retired Peter Harrison Senior
Dee Retired Ken Hewitt Senior
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