BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240920T204119Z UID:EC98FDC5-599B-46B2-A573-6F098503D07F DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T203000 DESCRIPTION:2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URT C) is once again hosting the 2024 MIT Micromouse Competition on Saturday\, October 12\, 2024 at 6:00pm to 8:30pm.\n\nPlease note that this registrat ion is to participate the Micromouse Competition only. If you want to atte nd the URTC conference\, you have to register for the conference at [https ://cvent.me/vxKL84](https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ypcCCZ6o5kCoB7Y PuzfjCBIfLR)\n\nA Micromouse is a small robot vehicle that is able to navi gate its way through an unknown maze. It is autonomous\, battery-operated and self-contained\, encompassing computer technology\, robotics and artif icial intelligence. The main challenge for the Micromouse designers is to import the Micromouse with an adaptive intelligence which enables explorat ion of different maze configurations\, and to work out the optimum route w ith the shortest run time from start to destination and back. In addition\ , the Micromouse must reliably negotiate the maze at a very high speed wit hout crashing into the maze walls. The objective of the competition is to build a Micromouse that can negotiate a specified maze in the shortest tim e.\n\nCompetition Guideline: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kdcc4jkQoyb masNEZHMa5SbpPSjl39y6/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o ug6NgCnbRZzPLArwnRas28Y0ZIDwEHq/view?usp=drive_link)\n\nAll IEEE Student M embers and Graduate Student Members are eligible to participate. High Scho ol Students (non-IEEE Member) are also welcome to participate\, but they n eed to attend a 30 minutes introduction session about IEEE and how IEEE ca n help them when they are an Undergraduate Student at a college.\n\nWhethe r your Micromouse is not quite functioning\, or you have no Micromouse yet \, you are welcome to participate.\n\nBesides the usual awards towards the fastest maze solvers\, there is an award for the best Micromouse design. This contest will focus on the overall design as demonstrated by an oral p resentation. Although there is no specific format required for the present ation\, the following guidelines should be used for preparing for the pres entation.\n\nThe team should plan to address the following points in the p resentation:\n❖ Overall design goals and strategies\n❖ High level stru cture of the design (mechanical\, control)\n❖ Design choices for sub fun ctions (locomotion\, sensing\, etc)\n❖ Overview of software\n❖ Impleme ntation and testing process and results\n❖ Conclusions\n\nWe encourage g roups to feature the most innovative part (coding\, mechanical design\, et c) during the design presentation. You can give the Oral Presentation whil e running your micromouse. Each presentation/micromouse run will be 5 minu tes\, with another up to 5 minutes for questions.\n\nIf you have not worke d on Micromouse\, and you are interested to develop one\, you should start now. It is only about 2 weeks left to the competition. But\, it is not to o late to start the development. You are allow to get a robot kit\, and do your best to build and program your Micromouse to solve the maze. You sho uld still consider to participate this year competition even your Micromou se is not fully function\, or is not moving. There is a judging award for Best Design Micromouse and Innovative Program\, and the Micromouse does no t have to perform well in the maze.\n\nPlease contact Soon Wan\, IEEE Regi on 1 Student Professional Awareness Coordinator (gimsoon@ieee.org) for any question.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Soon Wan\n\nAgenda: \nMIT Stata Center - TS MC (near the buildlng main entrance)\n\n3:00pm - 5:00pm Micromouse Prracti ce\n\n6:00pm - 6:30pm Check-In\n\n6:30pm - 8:30pm Micromouse Competition\n \nRoom: TSMC (near the buildlng main entrance)\, Bldg: Building 32\, MIT - Ray and Maria Stata Center \, 32 Vassar Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusett s\, United States LOCATION:Room: TSMC (near the buildlng main entrance)\, Bldg: Building 32\, MIT - Ray and Maria Stata Center \, 32 Vassar Street\, Cambridge\, Massac husetts\, United States ORGANIZER:gimsoon@ieee.org SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:2024 IEEE MIT Micromouse Competition URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/434765 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Techn ology Conference (URTC) is once again hosting the 2024 MIT Micromouse Comp etition on Saturday\, October 12\, 2024 at 6:00pm to 8:30pm.</p>\n<p>Pleas e note that this registration is to participate the Micromouse Competition only. If you want to attend the URTC conference\, you have to register fo r the conference at <a href="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ypcCCZ 6o5kCoB7YPuzfjCBIfLR" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://cvent.me/vxKL 84</a></p>\n<p>A Micromouse is a small robot vehicle that is able to navig ate its way through an unknown maze. It is autonomous\, battery-operated a nd self-contained\, encompassing computer technology\, robotics and artifi cial intelligence. The main challenge for the Micromouse designers is to i mport the Micromouse with an adaptive intelligence which enables explorati on of different maze configurations\, and to work out the optimum route wi th the shortest run time from start to destination and back. In addition\, the Micromouse must reliably negotiate the maze at a very high speed with out crashing into the maze walls. The objective of the competition is to b uild a Micromouse that can negotiate a specified maze in the shortest time .&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Competition Guideline: <a href="https://drive.google.com/ file/d/1oug6NgCnbRZzPLArwnRas28Y0ZIDwEHq/view?usp=drive_link">https://driv e.google.com/file/d/1kdcc4jkQoybmasNEZHMa5SbpPSjl39y6/view?usp=sharing</a> </p>\n<p>All IEEE Student Members and Graduate Student Members are eligibl e to participate. High School Students (non-IEEE Member) are also welcome to participate\, but they need to attend a 30 minutes introduction session about IEEE and how IEEE can help them when they are an Undergraduate Stud ent at a college.</p>\n<p>Whether your Micromouse is not quite functioning \, or you have no Micromouse yet\, you are welcome to participate.&nbsp\;& nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Besides the usual awards towards the fastest maze solvers\, there is an award for the best Micromouse design. This contest will focus on the overall design as demonstrated by an oral presentation. Although t here is no specific format required for the presentation\, the following g uidelines should be used for preparing for the presentation.</p>\n<p>The t eam should plan to address the following points in the presentation:<br> ❖ Overall design goals and strategies<br>❖ High level structure of the design (mechanical\, control)<br>❖ Design choices for sub functions (lo comotion\, sensing\, etc)<br>❖ Overview of software<br>❖ Implementatio n and testing process and results<br>❖ Conclusions</p>\n<p>We encourage groups to feature the most innovative part (coding\, mechanical design\, e tc) during the design presentation. You can give the Oral Presentation whi le running your micromouse. Each presentation/micromouse run will be 5 min utes\, with another up to 5 minutes for questions.</p>\n<p>If you have not worked on Micromouse\, and you are interested to develop one\, you should start now. It is only about 2 weeks left to the competition. But\, it is not too late to start the development. You are allow to get a robot kit\, and do your best to build and program your Micromouse to solve the maze. Y ou should still consider to participate this year competition even your Mi cromouse is not fully function\, or is not moving. There is a judging awar d for Best Design Micromouse and Innovative Program\, and the Micromouse d oes not have to perform well in the maze.</p>\n<p>Please contact Soon Wan\ , IEEE Region 1 Student Professional Awareness Coordinator (gimsoon@ieee.o rg) for any question.&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>MIT S tata Center - TSMC (near the buildlng main entrance)</strong></p>\n<p>3:00 pm - 5:00pm Micromouse Prractice</p>\n<p>6:00pm - 6:30pm Check-In&nbsp\;</ p>\n<p>6:30pm - 8:30pm Micromouse Competition</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR