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by agourlay 704 days ago
Veritasium published a great video on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQbHMgK2rw
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I think right around the time when I watched his video, I got my risc-v CPU inside an FPGA working, including interrupts. I was very hyped about building such a mouse with it, just to prove to myself that my CPU can actually do something "real". It don't need to be the fastest, lightest, smallest, but a small robot that can solve a maze would be cool.

Then I tried to lay things out and realized how much more work that'd be, so I dropped the project (for now).

One day I'll build one though! It's only a matter of years, I think.

Wow, these mice were a lot faster than I expected. In the last part of the video, they talk about fans in the mouse that suck the mouse to the ground to prevent slipping.
The first time the video shows a mouse, I was annoyed by them showing a very clearly sped up recording, which made it difficult to follow. Only later it dawned on me that it's real time, not sped up.
The McMurtry car just doesn't look real at all going round Goodwood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYp9eGC3Cc

So does the Wikipedia article.