1. Advanced & Group Steering
A presentation by Shift Our Bits minus Buddy plus Amanda

2. What You’re Sitting Through Today
Obstacle Avoidance
Wall Avoidance
Group Behaviors
Separation
Cohesion
Alignment
Flocking

3. Obstacle Avoidance
The protruding rectangle prevents the vehicle from hitting occupied spaces.

4. Steering Force
Subtract the y value of the obstacle’s local position from its radius
Lateral Force
Breaking Force

5. Wall Avoidance
Three “Feelers” protrude from the vehicle to “feel” for the presence of a wall.
These “Feelers” are similar to cats using their whiskers to navigate in the dark.

6. Group Behaviors http://youtu.be/Ap4ABSIzD3o Separation Cohesion
Alignment
Flocking

7. CLASS ACTIVITY Separation
Creates a force that steers a vehicle away from those in its neighborhood region
When applied to multiple vehicles, they will try to maximize their distance from each other
CLASS ACTIVITY

8. CLASS ACTIVITY Cohesion The opposite of Separation
The vehicles move toward the center of mass of its neighbors
Each vehicle seeks the position of the center of mass of the neighbors
CLASS ACTIVITY

9. CLASS ACTIVITY Alignment
Each vehicle keeps its head aligned with its neighbors
CLASS ACTIVITY

10. Flocking
CLASS ACTIVITY

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