Thanks to Micro Mouse Alumni Brian Gonzales for providing the following history of Micro Mouse.

Rat Fink – 1985 to 1992

• Mainly a kit mouse (built from pre-fabed robotics kit)

• Uses Stepper Motors

• Infrared Top Looking Sensors

• Retired

Dirty Rat – 2001 – 2001

• Another Kit Mouse (uses the Boebot kit from Parallax)

• Basic Stamp for an MCU

• Overhead Infrared sensors

• Servo Motors

• Didn’t work very well, however it was a good learning step to building up a uMouse Program at CSULB

• Students involved: Brian Gonzales, Nova McLaren, Mark McCollom

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

Code Rage 2002-Present?

• Used Lessons Learned from Dirty rat to build a better Mouse

• Motorola 68HC11 MCU

• Overhead infrared Sensors

• Stepper Motors

• Successfully solved many mazes

• Won Many Competitions throughout it’s career

• Students involved: Brian Gonzales, Mark McCollom, Kenneth Conner, Alex Sramek

Phase I

Phase II

Colonial Air & Nibbler

• DC Motors

• Side Looking Sensors

• Never completed

• Students involved: Brian Gonzales, John Barnett, Alex Sramek, Ramsey Beaini

UC Davis – Picnic Day 2001

Cal State Pomona – May 27, 2000