PolyMAZE – Maze Solving Robot Competition

PolyMAZE is a robotics competition organized by the VIC Club of the SPARK Department at the École Nationale Polytechnique (Algeria).

Our team won the competition, achieving the fastest and most reliable autonomous maze-solving performance.

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Competition Overview

The goal of PolyMAZE is to design a fully autonomous maze-solving robot capable of navigating an unknown maze without any external assistance.

The competition is divided into two main phases:

🔹 1. Exploration Phase (Warm-Up)

• The robot autonomously explores an unknown maze
• Builds an internal representation of the environment
• Identifies the optimal path (shortest and fastest)

🔹 2. Race Phase

• The robot re-runs the maze using the optimized path
• Objective: minimum time and maximum precision

Bonus Challenge (Game Mechanic)

During the maze traversal, the robot must detect and collect:

• One Paramecia Devil Fruit: red, blue, or green
• One Logia Devil Fruit: yellow, magenta, or cyan

Collecting both provides a virtual “power boost” to conquer the Grand Line, adding a strategic perception challenge.

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Achievement

• Winner of PolyMAZE Competition
• Fastest autonomous navigation
• Robust decision-making and perception
• Best execution time in the race phase

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Key Features of Our Robot

• Fully autonomous maze exploration
• Optimal path planning
• Real-time obstacle detection
• Color-based object recognition
• Reliable performance under time constraints