Installation

Python server and example agent

Create a virtual environment to house dependencies for this project. This makes it easy to remove all the dependencies later as the virtual environment can just be deleted.

Venv

If you want to use venv to make a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv /path/to/env

Activate the environment. You'll need to do this every time you open your terminal back up.

source /path/to/env/bin/activate

Conda

If you want to use conda to make a virtual environment:

conda create -n env_name

To activate:

conda activate env_name

Install the python dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

C++ example agent

Follow the cppzmq installation instructions. then build the example agent as follows:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Running

You will need to start the server and a single agent in two separate terminals so they are both running at the same time. Also, if one dies you will have to close and restart the other one as well or it won't reconnect.

Inverted pendulum server

To run the server with animation of the pendulum enabled

python inverted_pendulum_server.py --animate

To run as fast as possible, omit the animate argument

Python example agent

python example_agent.py

C++ example agent

If you've made changes to the agent, recompile it:

cd build
make
cd ..

Then run the agent with this command:

./build/example_agent_cpp