Re: Swarm?

"David J. Barnes" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics
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"Andrew G. Meyer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Would it be possible to create a Lego swarm? What language would be most
> versatile for this task? I'm thinking this would make a good introductory demo
> for a robotics class I'm teaching.

Not quite a swarm, but I ran a student project a couple of years
ago with the aim of simulating herding sheep. A robotic dog that
"barked" and robotic sheep that were more or less frightened
of the dog depending on how near it was. It was a fun idea
but getting a decent sense of proximity was very difficult.

Having a good practical swarm project would be something I
would like to try as I have loads of RCX bricks to play with.

David
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David J. Barnes ([email protected])
Lecturer in Computer Science
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/~djb/
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