The Micromouse Club

Micromouse is a competition where you build a small robot that must navigate a maze on its own, without remote control or human input. It maps the maze, finds the quickest path, and travels it. It sounds easy, but it's not.

I started the club at Nashua High School South because I wanted a place where people could learn by doing things, not just watching slides. You build something, it doesn't work, and then you find out why. That process teaches you more than any class could.

In the first year, over 50 students showed up in person, and somehow more than 1,000 followed online. I didn't expect it to grow that large. We cover PID control, sensor integration, and maze algorithms none of it simplified. Students learn to solve problems the same way I did.

Project Arcturus

My own Micromouse build. The goal isn't just to make something that works it's to make something fast. Custom PCB, dialed-in firmware, PID that's actually tuned. Every version is better than the last. Still not done.