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:20240918T071740Z UID:822CD27F-A2AF-4139-8D84-0F4498E3B9DD DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T203000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC) wi ll be hosting the 2024 MIT Micromouse Competition on Saturday\, October 12 \, 2024 at 6:00pm to 8:30pm.\n\nCompetition Guideline: [https://drive.goog le.com/file/d/1kdcc4jkQoybmasNEZHMa5SbpPSjl39y6/view?usp=sharing](https:// drive.google.com/file/d/1oug6NgCnbRZzPLArwnRas28Y0ZIDwEHq/view?usp=drive_l ink)\n\nA Micromouse is a small robot vehicle that is able to navigate its way through an unknown maze. It is autonomous\, battery-operated and self -contained\, encompassing computer technology\, robotics and artificial in telligence. The main challenge for the Micromouse designers is to import t he Micromouse with an adaptive intelligence which enables exploration of d ifferent maze configurations\, and to work out the optimum route with the shortest run time from start to destination and back. In addition\, the Mi cromouse must reliably negotiate the maze at a very high speed without cra shing into the maze walls. The objective of the competition is to build a Micromouse that can negotiate a specified maze in the shortest time.\n\nAl l IEEE Student Members and Graduate Student Members are eligible to partic ipate. High School Students (non-IEEE Member) are also welcome to particip ate\, but they need to attend a 30 minutes introduction session about IEEE and how IEEE can help them when they are an Undergraduate Student at a co llege.\n\nWhether your Micromouse is not quite functioning\, or you have n o Micromouse yet\, you are welcome to participate.\n\nBesides the usual aw ards towards the fastest maze solvers\, there is an award for the best Mic romouse design. This contest will focus on the overall design as demonstra ted by an oral presentation. Although there is no specific format required for the presentation\, the following guidelines should be used for prepar ing for the presentation.\n\nThe team should plan to address the following points in the presentation:\n❖ Overall design goals and strategies\n❖ High level structure of the design (mechanical\, control)\n❖ Design cho ices for sub functions (locomotion\, sensing\, etc)\n❖ Overview of softw are\n❖ Implementation and testing process and results\n❖ Conclusions\n \nWe encourage groups to feature the most innovative part (coding\, mechan ical design\, etc) during the design presentation. You can give the Oral P resentation while running your micromouse. Each presentation/micromouse ru n will be 5 minutes\, with another up to 5 minutes for questions.\n\nPleas e help to promote the MIT Micromouse competition and encourage your studen ts or friends to participate. If you\, school robotics club or IEEE Studen t Branch have been working on designing and building a Micromouse project/ program\, this competition at MIT will be a great venue to celebrate your achievement and what you have learnt.\n\nIf you have not worked on Micromo use\, and you are interested to develop one\, you should start now. It is only about 3 weeks left to the competition. But it is not too late to star t the development. You are allowed to get a robot kit and do your best to build and program your Micromouse to solve the maze. You should still cons ider participating this year competition even your Micromouse is not fully function or is not moving. There is a judging award for Best Design Micro mouse and Innovative Program\, and the Micromouse does not have to perform well in the maze.\n\nPlease contact Soon Wan\, IEEE Region 1 Student Prof essional Awareness (SPAx) Chair\, gimsoon@ieee.org for any question.\n\nCo -sponsored by: Soon Wan\n\nAgenda: \nMIT Stata Center - TSMC (near the bui ldlng main entrance)\n\n3:00pm - 5:00pm Micromouse Prractice\n\n6:00pm - 6 :30pm Check-In\n\n6:30pm - 8:30pm Micromouse Competition\n\nRoom: TSMC (ne ar the buildlng main entrance)\, Bldg: Building 32\, MIT - Ray and Maria S tata Center \, 32 Vassar Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, United State s 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:33 SUMMARY:2024 MIT Micromouse Competition presented by IEEE Region 1 Student Activities URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/434766 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC) will be hosting the 2024 MIT Micromouse Competition on Saturday\, October 12\, 2024 at 6:00pm to 8:30pm.</p>\n<p>Competition Guid eline: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oug6NgCnbRZzPLArwnRas28Y0 ZIDwEHq/view?usp=drive_link">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kdcc4jkQoybm asNEZHMa5SbpPSjl39y6/view?usp=sharing</a></p>\n<p>A Micromouse is a small robot vehicle that is able to navigate its way through an unknown maze. It is autonomous\, battery-operated and self-contained\, encompassing comput er technology\, robotics and artificial intelligence. The main challenge f or the Micromouse designers is to import the Micromouse with an adaptive i ntelligence which enables exploration of different maze configurations\, a nd to work out the optimum route with the shortest run time from start to destination and back. In addition\, the Micromouse must reliably negotiate the maze at a very high speed without crashing into the maze walls. The o bjective of the competition is to build a Micromouse that can negotiate a specified maze in the shortest time.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>All IEEE Student Membe rs and Graduate Student Members are eligible to participate. High School S tudents (non-IEEE Member) are also welcome to participate\, but they need to attend a 30 minutes introduction session about IEEE and how IEEE can he lp them when they are an Undergraduate Student at a college.</p>\n<p>Wheth er your Micromouse is not quite functioning\, or you have no Micromouse ye t\, you are welcome to participate.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Besides the usua l awards towards the fastest maze solvers\, there is an award for the best Micromouse design. This contest will focus on the overall design as demon strated by an oral presentation. Although there is no specific format requ ired for the presentation\, the following guidelines should be used for pr eparing for the presentation.</p>\n<p>The team should plan to address the following points in the presentation:<br>❖ Overall design goals and stra tegies<br>❖ High level structure of the design (mechanical\, control)<br >❖ Design choices for sub functions (locomotion\, sensing\, etc)<br>❖ Overview of software<br>❖ Implementation and testing process and results <br>❖ Conclusions</p>\n<p>We encourage groups to feature the most innova tive part (coding\, mechanical design\, etc) during the design presentatio n. You can give the Oral Presentation while running your micromouse. Each presentation/micromouse run will be 5 minutes\, with another up to 5 minut es for questions.</p>\n<p>Please help to promote the MIT Micromouse compet ition and encourage your students or friends to participate. If you\, scho ol robotics club or IEEE Student Branch have been working on designing and building a Micromouse project/program\, this competition at MIT will be a great venue to celebrate your achievement and what you have learnt.</p>\n <p>If you have not worked on Micromouse\, and you are interested to develo p one\, you should start now. It is only about 3 weeks left to the competi tion. But it is not too late to start the development. You are allowed to get a robot kit and do your best to build and program your Micromouse to s olve the maze. You should still consider participating this year competiti on even your Micromouse is not fully function or is not moving. There is a judging award for Best Design Micromouse and Innovative Program\, and the Micromouse does not have to perform well in the maze.</p>\n<p>Please cont act Soon Wan\, IEEE Region 1 Student Professional Awareness (SPAx) Chair\, gimsoon@ieee.org for any question.&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p ><strong>MIT Stata Center - TSMC (near the buildlng main entrance)</strong ></p>\n<p>3:00pm - 5:00pm Micromouse Prractice</p>\n<p>6:00pm - 6:30pm Che ck-In&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>6:30pm - 8:30pm Micromouse Competition</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR