Intelligent Systems Programming

Simbad - Robot simulation in Java 3D:
A. Prior installations :

1. IDE : eclipse
2. Java 3D (v1.5)
3. JRE
4. JDK
5. Incorporate "Simbad-1.7.jar" in the project libraries

B. Environment :

1. Multiple randomly placed obstacles
2. Random initial robot position
3. Light source - goal

C. Robot :

1. Disk-shaped chassis
2. Differential drive scheme
3. No knowledge of obstacles' shapes and positions
4. Regarding obstacle avoidance : Equipped with laser ranger or a fair amount of proximity sensors on the chassis's circumference
5. Regarding reaching goal condition : Equipped with light sensor
6. Algorithm : Tangent bug
7. Architecture : Subsumption - multiple simple independed robat behaviors organized in a competence hierarchy