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Click button to start applet.
This applet implements a simulation environment for exploration (covering) strategies in polygonal scenes. Such strategies are needed for the design of service robots such as lawn movers or cleaning devices. Thus, we deal with rather simple and cheap robots; especially, the robot do not have an expensive vision system and are equipped only with touch sensors. Moreover, the robot has limited ressources regarding computational abilities, memory and provision of electricity.
We assume that the robot has no map of its surrounding in advance, so we deal with online strategies.
In the edit mode, you can draw and edit polygons on the canvas by dragging the mouse while pressing the left butten or entering single points with a left-button click. Please draw the obstacles inside the environment first, and draw the bounding polygon afterwards. A right click open a popup menu with several edit functions such as moving, copying, scaling, rotating or deleting polygons.
