Robotic rodent completes complex maze in record-breaking time
It normally requires a teasing block of cheese or a large cat giving chase in order to get a mouse to move at top speed.
But not for this incredible micromouse.
The robotic rodent managed to negotiate a complex maze in just 3.921 seconds.
It was competing in the 2011 All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition in Tsukuba.
Super speedy: The robotic mouse, pictured was so fast it shaved an entire second off the previous record holder's time
A-maze-ing: The robotic rodent managed to negotiate its way around this complex maze, pictured, in just 3.921 seconds
Its speed was so fast that it shaved an entire second off the previous record holder's time from the year before.
The robot, called Min7.1, was designed by Ng Beng Kiat.
According to Automaton, its top speed is just over 12 kph and it is just 10cm long and weighs 90 grams.
Before its record-breaking attempt, the mouse was given an initial run to study the maze.
At no time, however, was it given an overhead view.