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University of California, Berkeley EECS Dept, CS Division |
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| Jordan Smith |
SLIDE: Scene Language for Interactive Dynamic Environments |
Prof. Carlo H. Séquin |
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This project had an ant model which would walk around over a set of 4 different types of terrain. The figure above shows the ant walking on a mountainous terrain which was created by the function:
z = sin(x) * sin(y)The other terrains included a hilly surface; a flat, checker board patterned, picnic blanket; and lastly an outdoor scene with a mushroom, two tufts of grass, and a lemonade cooler. The ant's direction and speed can be controlled with the mouse and Tcl/Tk GUI's. In the outdoor scene, the ant detects collisions with obstacles which the user must direct the ant around.
The ant has three different modes of locomotion:
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The normal ant motion is on its four legs. |
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But this ant is anthropomorphic (as shown by its four limbs) so of course it can walk upright on two legs. |
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And if it is in a hurry, it can switch into rolling mode (defying all of our normal conceptions of anatomy and physiology). |