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CMPT 431 Antix Project instructions | ||
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0. rtv (instructor) todos: | ||
- collisions | ||
- scoring | ||
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1. Prerequisites | ||
- a UNIX-like OS (tested on Linux and OS X) | ||
- OpenGL and GLUT | ||
- C++, STL, Make | ||
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2. Obtaining the code: | ||
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- The original Antix repository is at http://github.com/rtv/Antix | ||
- learn about github at http://help.github.com | ||
- learn about git at http://git-scm.com | ||
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- Cloning the repo (to get your local copy to work on) | ||
- git clone git@github.com:rtv/Antix.git | ||
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3. Building and running the code | ||
- cd Antix | ||
- (edit the Makefile to suit your system: OS X and Linux setups are provided) | ||
- make | ||
- ./antix | ||
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4. The Big Task | ||
- Extend (or reimplement) Antix to support | ||
- 1,000,000 robots | ||
- the simulation backend MAY be implemented as multiple threads, processes or hosts | ||
- 1000 homes (teams) each with at least one independent controller | ||
- controllers MUST be separate OS processes | ||
- controllers MAY run on separate hosts to the simulation backend | ||
- a visualization of the whole world | ||
- the system should run as fast as you can make it, given the time available. | ||
- your target platform is the CSIL laboratory. Additionally, access to the CMPT cluster or | ||
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud can be arranged privately or through the instructor. | ||
- using git for SCM is _strongly_ recommended. You may find github useful for collaboration, too. | ||
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5. The First Task | ||
- Design a system architecture and development plan that can achieve the Big Task | ||
- no code, just design | ||
- split your team equally between backend and client-side responsibilities | ||
- present a technical argument for your design | ||
- why will it work? | ||
- what could go wrong? | ||
- what is Plan B, C? | ||
- what remains to be decided? | ||
- present a plan for development and testing, considering balanced workload for team members | ||
- presentations will be by 1 person from each team | ||
- 20 minutes | ||
- use computer, transparencies or blackboard BUT | ||
- your slides and notes must be submitted on the day, and should be comprehensible by themselves | ||
- Presentations will be in class on tuesday 25 January and followed by class critique. | ||
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6. Subsequent tasks | ||
- depend on your development plan, but each team will report each week, alternating between | ||
backend and client sub-teams. Every person presents at least once. | ||
- Hint: improve single-thread performance by improving data structures, etc. before using | ||
parallelism. This exercise will also help you understand the problem and the code. | ||
- The final week of semester and the exam period will be an AI contest using one or more | ||
of the online Antix systems you build. | ||
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8. Getting help | ||
- Use the github systems to submit bug reports, pull requests, etc. | ||
- Your TA is Abbas Sadat [sas21@sfu.ca], and Autonomy Lab PhD student with relevant experience. | ||
You can ask him anything except to do your project for you. | ||
- Use the class mailing list cmpt-431-help@sfu.ca for questions and discussions. | ||
- Ask Abbas and Richard questions via the mailing list so we can avoid duplicates, etc. Please | ||
reserve personal email only for private business. |
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Antix foraging simulator | ||
copyright Richard Vaughan 2011 | ||
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For CMPT431 Project instructions see 431.txt | ||
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