e-puck range and bearing

[elriden]

Hello,
I'm trying to simulate the way a fire spreads on a forest using the e-puck model. Basically the robots will act as trees (so they are static) and will have green leds on at the default state. One of them will act as the source of fire turning red and start an internal counter. When the counter reaches a specific value i want to use the range and bearing communication to send a signal to nearby "trees" to catch fire.

My problem is that although i use the range value of the range and bearing sensor, the fire spreads pretty random and after the first "wave" it stops spreading. Am i missing something on how the range is calculated or am i using it wrong?

That's what i use to put a "tree" on fire:

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const CCI_RangeAndBearingSensor::TReadings& tPackets = m_RABS -> GetReadings(); for(size_t i=0; i<tPackets.size(); ++i){ if(tPackets[i].Range < 10){ m_pcLEDs -> SetAllColors(CColor::RED); IsOnFire= true; }

And that's the message i send from a burning "tree":

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if(f_counter>10){ m_RABA -> SetData(0,1); }

Here is the simulation on 1st step (red tree is the one on fire)


And here is after the message is sent (trees caught fire on the left side of the arena)


Thanks

[pincy]

Hi elriden,

From the code you post it is difficult to understand what is going wrong. To debug your problem, I suggest the following:

1. Set the show_rays attribute of the range and bearing sensor to true, so you see who is talking to whom;
2. Consider that, when you set a message with the RAB, that message is sent at every step until you change the message.

If you suspect a bug in ARGoS, send your complete code in a form I can run, and I'll try to understand what is going wrong.

Cheers,
Carlo

[elriden]

Thanks for the help! I managed to make it work. Not sure if it's a bug or not but i had to initialize the RAB message for all robots and then it worked! you can see the code below.

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void Cburning_forest::Init(TConfigurationNode& t_node) { m_pcLEDs = GetActuator<CCI_LEDsActuator >("leds"); m_pcProximity = GetSensor <CCI_ProximitySensor >("proximity"); m_RABA = GetActuator<CCI_RangeAndBearingActuator >("range_and_bearing"); m_RABS = GetSensor <CCI_RangeAndBearingSensor >("range_and_bearing"); m_pcLEDs->SetAllColors(CColor::GREEN); std::string robotID ; robotID = this->GetId(); IsOnFire = false; m_RABA -> ClearData(); // <-Added this line to make it work m_RABA -> SetData(0,0); // <-Added this line to make it work if(robotID.compare("fb1")==0){ m_pcLEDs->SetAllColors(CColor::YELLOW); IsOnFire = true; } } void Cburning_forest::ControlStep(){ //TODO add colors for burning states if(IsOnFire){ if (f_counter > 100){ m_pcLEDs->SetAllColors(CColor::BLACK); IsOnFire=false; } else if(f_counter > 25){ m_pcLEDs->SetAllColors(CColor::RED); } //TODO Send burning signal m_RABA -> ClearData(); if(f_counter == 25){ m_RABA -> SetData(0,1); } ++f_counter; } else{ const CCI_RangeAndBearingSensor::TReadings& tPackets = m_RABS -> GetReadings(); for(size_t i=0; i<tPackets.size(); ++i){ if(tPackets[i].Range < 100 && tPackets[i].Data[0] == 1) { //process only messages from trees on fire m_pcLEDs -> SetAllColors(CColor::YELLOW); IsOnFire= true; } } } }