Simulating collision avoidance by a reactive agent using VRML / Andrew Neiderer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Neiderer, Andrew M.

Contributor:

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Series:

ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 3566.

ARL-TR ; 3566

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Collision avoidance systems--Mathematical models.

Automobiles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 24 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD : Army Research Laboratory, [2005]

Summary:

Prototype nodes using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) 2.0 standard have been developed for reactive, agentbased route navigation within a three-dimensional synthetic environment. The agent has limited intelligence with the basic constraint of noncollision by enforcing some minimal distance of approach to objects: this includes both static and moving obstacles. Navigation is nontrivial since the location of the goal may be changing and the agent reacts accordingly. An existing VRML model of a building was imported, and the subsequent exposedField interface for repulsion was defined. Simulation of an agent within this context was then verified. An open source development using VRML encourages a think small, scale large philosophy for a network of objects.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Nov. 2, 2010).

"August 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

74282664

Access Restriction:

Approved for public release, not available in microfiche.