Even after spending years solving countless placemat mazes at restaurants around the world, I’m still no match for this robotic micromouse that races through this giant maze in just 3.921 seconds, shaving a full second off the previous record. More »
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OK, this might not look impressive at first. The maze isn’t that complicated. But imagine being the size of the robotic Micromouse – relatively, this is a human-sized hedge maze. Then imagine running to the finish in only five seconds. More »
This motorised marble maze game replaces the usual steel ball with an M&M. It’s joystick controlled, and it reminds me of rats in mazes looking for cheese. But in reverse. More »
Neuroscientists at Princeton created a new way to study the neurons of the classic mouse-in-a-maze: Strap it to a suspended ball and have it run through a virtual maze. That first virtual maze? Derived from a Quake 2 level. More »
