Braitenberg Vehicles

This repository contains code for simulating and analyzing Braitenberg vehicles with on-board stimuli sources.

Requirements

• Python 3
• Matplotlib 3.5+ (for plots)
• PyGame (installable with pip)

Usage

Run multiple_sweeps.py to generate the main figures in the paper (uncomment sections as desired).

Run demo_interactive.py to interact with a collective using a single controllable very bright agent.

Run generate_demo.py and then play_demo.py after changing relevant settings at the top of the files to generate a video of a single run.

Configuration files are in yaml format, in the configs/ folder.

Other files contain functionality that may be useful for running different types of simulations or improving the simulator:

• robots.py contains the agent model implementation
• utils.py contains geometric and other helper functions
• param_sweep.py contains functions for running parameter sweeps
• unit_test.py contains tests for the simulator

Contributors

Jack A. Defay Alli Nilles