Mobile robot competitions have been around for over 30 years, with the Micro Mouse Contest being the first of its kind in 1977. These competitions have inspired generations of students, researchers, and laypersons alike, while consuming vast amounts of research funding and personal time and effort. Competitions provide a goal together with an objective performance measure, while extensive media coverage allows participants to present their work to a wider forum.
As the robots in a competition evolved over the years, becoming faster and smarter, so did the competitions themselves. Today, interest has shifted from the “mostly solved” maze contest toward robot soccer (see Chapter 20).
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