lego robot project

Hello! This is a website created for RPI's minds and machines course; specifically, for the course's final project. If you want to learn more about what the project is about, read below. If you want to know about our daily progress, the algorithm we used, or about us, you can also do it here!

 

The problem

 

For this course's final project, our team has to create an autonomous Lego robot. This Lego robot should, ideally, be able to solve the Wumpus World problem. This problem consists of having the robot navigate through a 4x4 square grid, retrieve some virtual gold, and come back to its starting square. Although the problem sounds simple, there are some obstacles. On the grid there are deadly pits. Even more importantly, the dreaded Wumpus is also on the grid.

 

If the robot walks onto the same square as either of these, it will meet its demise. However, our beloved hero has some clues as to how to navigate: when the robot is directly adjacent to a pit, it "feels a breeze," and when the robot is adjacent to the fierce monster known as the Wumpus, it will "feel a stench." Ultimately, if our robot is smart enough, it will be able to avoid these two obstacles by collecting signals and choosing the right path based on these. 

 

In order to know where the gold is, too, the robot "sees a glitter" when it's adjacent to the metal. As stated in the website, the puzzle is solvable. That is, any sufficiently intelligent "creature" should be able to solve it.

 

 

To find of this game and the course, visit the official Wumpus World Problem website

 

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