MAZUINO is an autonomous robot that solves line mazes using an Arduino microcontroller. The robot follows the black line through the maze –without any prior knowledge– until it finds a complete route from start to finish.
While the maze can include multiple dead ends, the robot's first run may involve a few wrong turns. During that run, however, it learns and records the shortest path. On the second run, MAZUINO completes the maze without entering any dead end. It uses the Left-Hand Rule (aka the wall-follower method) and a custom step-processing algorithm that converts the recorded moves into a new, dead-end-free path.
MAZUINO is not only a maze-solving robot; it also functions as a line follower by default, and it can play music, dance and perform a synchronized light show.
While the maze can include multiple dead ends, the robot's first run may involve a few wrong turns. During that run, however, it learns and records the shortest path. On the second run, MAZUINO completes the maze without entering any dead end. It uses the Left-Hand Rule (aka the wall-follower method) and a custom step-processing algorithm that converts the recorded moves into a new, dead-end-free path.
MAZUINO is not only a maze-solving robot; it also functions as a line follower by default, and it can play music, dance and perform a synchronized light show.
Built and developed by Mohammad Anini as a graduation project in 2012. It is worth mentioning that MAZUINO was the first documented maze-solving robot in the Middle East.
