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(...) Why map? Just build a bot that keeps a feeler on the left wall, and turns left if it loses the wall. You'd never go down the same hallway twice, and there's much less programming. (...) And/or that it may have no wheels! Daniel "Dan'l" Miller (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Simple right hand rule or left hand rule solutions always will solve the maze _unless_ you start in the middle of the maze, or the exit is in the middle. But a smarter solution might be able to exploit knowledge about the maze to solve it, so even (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Depending on the topology of the maze, your bot may never find the exit with this strategy. Here's the simplest example: +---...---+ | F | | | | +-+ | | | |S | | +-+ | +---...---+ S = Start F = Finish -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Or if there are multiple exits, only one of which is the finish. -Allen -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <Pine.SOL.4.05.99011....purdue.ed u>, Daniel Miller <danielmi@ecn.purdue.edu> writes (...) But if you started on an island you would never leave it. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, yes, all right already. I must admit that I am an aerospace engineer and not an artificial intelligence guru. When people say "maze" I get a mental image that has an entrance on one end and an exit on the other. The maze competition would (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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