The image above seems like the winner design mascot for All Japan Micromouse Competition last year(2013).

2014(35th) All Japan Micromouse Competition is taking place this weekend. Here is the official schedule for broadcasting through internet. I also convert the Japan local time to Pacific standard time for your convenience.

Here is the preliminery running order for all registered contestants: Link  go cheer for the play you support 😀

Tentative Schedule：
•    November 21(Fri):
o    13:30 – 18:00 (PST 20:30 – 01:00)Trial run
•    November 22(Sat,Japan)/(November 21st,PST):

o    09:00 – 09:40 (PST 16:00 – 16:40)Registration
o    09:00 – 11:00 (PST 16:00 – 18:00)Micromouse inspection
o    09:40 – 10:00 (PST 16:40 – 17:00)Opening Ceremony
o    10:00 – 10:40 (PST 17:00 – 17:40)Robotrace inspection
o    10:00 – 12:00 (PST 17:00 – 19:00)Micromouse Classic Preliminary Contest Freshman Class(CAM1)
o    10:30 – 16:00 (PST 17:30 – 23:00)Micromouse Classic Preliminary Contest Expert Class(CAM2)
o    11:00 – 15:30 (PST 18:00 – 22:30)Robotrace Preliminary Contest(CAM2)
o    11:00 – 16:00 (PST 18:00 – 23:00)Micromouse Half-size Preliminary Contest
o    12:00 – 12:30 (PST 19:00 – 19:30)Lunch break for all the contest
o    12:30 – 12:45 (PST 19:30 – 19:45)Annoucement of Micromouse Freshman Class finalist(CAM1)
o    13:00 – 16:30 (PST 20:00 – 23:30)Micrmouse Classic Contest Freshman Class Final

• (November 22nd,PST)

o    17:30 – 18:15 (PST 00:30 – 01:15)Awarding Ceremony・Finalists annoucement(CAM1)
o    18:30 – 20:30 (PST 01:30 – 03:30)Mouse Party
•    November 23(Sun):
o    09:00 – 09:20 (PST 16:00 – 16:20)Registration
o    09:20 – 09:30 (PST 16:20 – 16:30)Opening Ceremony
o    09:30 – 11:00 (PST 16:30 – 18:00)Robotrace Contest Final(CAM1)
o    10:00 – 15:30 (PST 17:00 – 22:30)Micromouse Half-size Contest Freshman Class(CAM2/3)
o    11:00 – 14:30 (PST 18:00 – 21:30)Micromouse Classic Contest Expert Class Final(CAM1)
o    12:30 – 13:00 (PST 19:30 – 20:00)Lunch break for all the contest
o    13:00 – 16:20 (PST 20:00 – 23:20)Micromouse Half-size Contest Final(CAM2)
• (November 23rd,PST)
o    16:40 – 17:20 (PST 23:40 – 00:20)Technology Exchange Meetings (Please bring your robot to introduce other participants. Awarding ceremony will be held the same place. Awarding robot must be brought!)
o    17:30 – 18:30 (PST 00:30 – 21:30)Awarding & Closing Ceremony

Internet Broadcast Schedule

• 2014/11/22
  USTREAM
  camera1 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nvs-live （Freshman Preliminary / Freshman Finals / Awarding Ceremony / Finals Announcement of Results）camera2 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nvs-live2 （ Expert Preliminary / Robotrace Preliminary）NicoNico
  camera1 http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv199796968 （Freshman Preliminary / Freshman Finals）camera2 http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv199797658 （ Expert Preliminary / Robotrace Preliminary）Awarding Ceremony
  http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv199798917
• 2014/11/23
  USTREAM
  camera1 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nvs-live （ Robotrace Finals / Classic Expert Finals）camera2 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nvs-live2 （Micromouse HalfsizeFreshman / Micromouse Halfsize Expert Finals）camera３ http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nvs-live3 （Micromouse Halfsize Freshman Broadcasting only afternoon.）NicoNico
  camera1 http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv199799834 （ Robotrace Finals / Classic Expert Finals）camera2 http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv199800767 （Micromouse HalfsizeFreshman / Micromouse Halfsize Expert Finals）

More details at: http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/micromouse2014/index_EN.html