Reading Assignment

• Nilsson, Chapter #5
• Pyro Module Sequencing Control

Homework Assignment

Due Date: 10/20/06


• Homework #5

Related Web Sites

Finite State Machines: A discussion from AI Depot of how FSM models are used as a control technique in AI applications. As an example, it discusses how FSMs are used in the FPS game Quake.

Sample Code

• PyroSquareFSM.py - A finite state machine brain that causes a simulated robot in the Pyrobot simulator to traverse a square using dead reckoning.
• PyroSquare2FSM.py - An extension of the PyroSquareFSM.py brain to illustrate how the FSM push/pop mechanism works.