How can my robots "see" what is next to them?

Thomas Knowlton · 2005-12-13T22:17:38

Please take a look at the code I have posted. I am trying to write a simple "Robot" simulation in a C# Windows Form. I have a "World" object which hosts a 10 x 10 array of "Robot" objects. Can someone make recommendations on how to code my "Robots" so they can look around their "World" and identify other objects? Notice that I have all of these "Robots" in a 10 x 10 array but I don't know how to make them "aware" of each other and what is around them. I want to use OOP, and I want to write the code in a very understandable and intuitive fashion (as much as I can) [source lange="cpp"] using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data; namespace TestAI { /// <summary> /// Summary description for Form1. /// </summary> public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form { private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBoxWorld; private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox pictureBoxWorld; private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1; private World _new_world = new World(); /// <summary> /// Required designer variable. /// </summary> private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null; public Form1() { // // Required for Windows Form Designer support // InitializeComponent(); // // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call // } /// <summary> /// Clean up any resources being used. /// </summary> protected override void Dispose( bool disposing ) { if( disposing ) { if (components != null) { components.Dispose(); } } base.Dispose( disposing ); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.textBoxWorld = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.pictureBoxWorld = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox(); this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.SuspendLayout(); // // textBoxWorld // this.textBoxWorld.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 32); this.textBoxWorld.Multiline = true; this.textBoxWorld.Name = "textBoxWorld"; this.textBoxWorld.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(384, 400); this.textBoxWorld.TabIndex = 0; this.textBoxWorld.Text = ""; // // pictureBoxWorld // this.pictureBoxWorld.Borderstyle = System.Windows.Forms.Borderstyle.FixedSingle; this.pictureBoxWorld.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(472, 40); this.pictureBoxWorld.Name = "pictureBoxWorld"; this.pictureBoxWorld.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(408, 392); this.pictureBoxWorld.TabIndex = 1; this.pictureBoxWorld.TabStop = false; this.pictureBoxWorld.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.pictureBoxWorld_Click); this.pictureBoxWorld.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.pictureBoxWorld_Paint); // // button1 // this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(720, 472); this.button1.Name = "button1"; this.button1.TabIndex = 2; this.button1.Text = "button1"; this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click); // // Form1 // this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13); this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(960, 606); this.Controls.Add(this.button1); this.Controls.Add(this.pictureBoxWorld); this.Controls.Add(this.textBoxWorld); this.Name = "Form1"; this.Text = "Form1"; this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load); this.ResumeLayout(false); } #endregion /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Form1()); } private void pictureBoxWorld_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { } private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { _new_world.CreateRobots(); } private void pictureBoxWorld_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e) { try { _new_world.DisplayWorld(e.Graphics); } catch(Exception ee) { System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ee.ToString()); } } private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { this.pictureBoxWorld.Refresh(); } } public class World { private const int _MIN_ROW = 0; private const int _MAX_ROW = 9; private const int _MIN_COL = 0; private const int _MAX_COL = 9; public Graphics world_graphics; public Image img; private Robot[,] robo = new Robot[10,10]; public World() { } public void CreateRobots() { for(int i=0;i<10;i++) { for(int j=0;j<10;j++) { robo[i,j] = new Robot(); robo[i,j].RobotStatus = Image.FromFile("images\\none.bmp"); robo[i,j].Name = ""; } } robo[0,0].Name = "Tom"; robo[0,0].RobotStatus = Image.FromFile("images\\searcher.bmp"); robo[9,9].Name = "Bob"; robo[9,9].RobotStatus = Image.FromFile("images\\searcher.bmp"); } public void DisplayWorld(Graphics gr) { for(int x=0;x<10;x++) { for(int y=0;y<10;y++) { gr.DrawImage(robo[x,y].RobotStatus,x*32,y*32); } } } } public class Robot { private Image _robotStatus; private const string _IMAGE_DIR = "images"; private const string _DIR_DELIMETER = "\\"; private const string _FULL_IMAGE_DIR = _IMAGE_DIR + _DIR_DELIMETER; private const string _ATTACKER = "attacker.bmp"; private const string _SEARCHER = "searcher.bmp"; private const string _NONE = "none.bmp"; private string _name; private int _row; private int _col; public Image RobotStatus { get{ return _robotStatus;} set{_robotStatus = value;} } public int Row { get{ return _row;} set{ _row = value; } } public string Name { get{ return _name;} set{_name = value;} } public Robot() { } } }

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