cretz
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5 years ago - Tired of watching poor pathing of my robo vacs and thinking that I could write a better travelling-vacuum algo
- Just have an iface that receives events and state changes (e.g. going over drop area, hit obstacle, battery level, etc) and can give actions (e.g. change direction, vacuum turn on/off, etc)
- Battery options for when vacuum is moving/not, charging/not, etc
- Like a shitty domestic "Kerbal Vacuum Program" software
- Well now at this point, I think it's part game
- Boy, as a game, I can think of a gazillion ideas for customization, enjoyment, etc
- The key is programmatic mod-ability
- Can compare algorithms to see best coverage
- Doesn't have to go as slow as the vac, the sim can simulate the complete run in a few ms
- But what about cycle cost while the vacuum is running, i.e. event hand?
- There is this thing: http://www.stolidus-simulations.com/robotvacuumsimulator2013/ ...I can't figure out whether it's a joke or not
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