1. Create a number of turtles positioned randomly on the screen
2. State the ’’REPEL FUNCTION’’ for the turtles to form a regular spacing
3. Once the regular spacing between the turtles is formed, the turtles are connected through the additional ’’BRACINGFUNCTION’‘

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The Connected (Braced) Turtles are attracted to the Mouse Cursor.

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turtles-own [closest-turtle] ;; to define that the closest turtle it depends to a family of turtles. and this part is defined by the distance and myself.

to setup
ca 
crt howmany
ask turtles [
setxy random-xcor random-ycor
set shape “line”
set color white
set size 10
set heading random 360
;;———————-
set shape “line”
set color random 77
set size 10
set heading random 360
;;—————————
]
end
;; now tell the turtles o go through the family.
to repel
ask turtles[
set closest-turtle min-one-of other turtles [distance myself] ;; functions callled by net logo. to go through every turtle. and every turtla has to find the closest turtle via the minimum value/number. ie. turtle 0 will specify which other turtle is the closest.
;;once closest turtle defined it will draw a line. the other it is not confuse and calculate ‘myself’ 
;; so once found closest turtle, move backwards. to do so we have to set:
face closest-turtle ;;turn your head to the closest turtle
bk 0.1 ;;asnother way to write the heading. more like turtle-like
]
end
to bracethem
ask turtles [
set closest-turtle min-one-of other turtles [distance myself]
create-link-with closest-turtle
]
end
to attract
ask turtles
;;2 thing will happen: a. move forwards, b. move backwards. then make a slider. these are the conditional statements. if the fistance of xy cords sre biger than the radius then turtles will have to walk to become closer. else…. walk backwards.
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_set heading towardsxy mouse-xcor mouse-ycor_
_ifelse distancexy mouse-xcor mouse-ycor ;; if more is than
_
]
_end
to clearlinks
clear-links
end
to paint
export-view try
end

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Patches

to setup
ca
create-turtles howmany
ask turtles [
setxy 0 0
set heading random 360
set shape “line”
set color random 155
set size 1
set heading random 360
]
end
to go
let dir 0 ;dir starts from zero every time. and then it get a new value deoending on the flipcoin
let flipcoin random 1 ;create a variable for direction. to decide which direction 
;let is a new local variable that can be accesed from any procedure of the programm. local definition of a variable. 
ifelse flipcoin > 10 ;;true or false value. boolean operation. 
_
[set dir -90] ;;here dir takes new value_
ask turtles [
set heading heading dir ;; new variable to switch between a positive and a negative number for the direction 
fd 1
pd
set dir dir 1
]
end
;;2 important entities are turtles and patches. patches can be asked to execute a command. one can ask patches in the same command.
to paint
export-view try
end

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FlipCoin Squares

to setup
ca
create-turtles howmany
ask turtles [
setxy 0 0
set heading random 360
set shape “line”
set color random 155
set size 1
set heading random 360
]
end
to go
let dir 0 ;dir starts from zero every time. and then it get a new value deoending on the flipcoin
let flipcoin random 20 ;create a variable for direction. to decide which direction
;let is a new local variable that can be accesed from any procedure of the programm. local definition of a variable.
ifelse flipcoin > 5 ;;true or false value. boolean operation. 
_
[set dir -90] ;;here dir takes new value_
ask turtles [
set heading heading + dir ; new variable to switch between a positive and a negative number for the direction
fd 2
pd
]
end
;;2 important entitied sre turtles and patchres. patches can be asked to executer a command. one can ask patches in the same command.
to paint
export-view try
end

Box Trail In Space
;;……………………………..STEP1
to setup
ca ;; CLEAR SCREEN
create-turtles 10;;NUMBER
ask turtles [
setxy 0 0 ;;starting point
set heading random 360
set shape “box”
set size 2
set color white
]
end;;
;;……………………………..STEP2
;;FUNCTION
to go
ask turtles [
pd
jump 1
fd 1 ;;The turtle moves forward by number steps, one step at a time. (If number is negative, the turtle moves backward.)
set heading heading + 10
]
end
to paint export-view try
end

Turtle Trails

to setup
ca ;; the function that clears the screen
create-turtles howmany ;; howmany is a variable
ask turtles [
setxy 0 0 ;;starting point
set heading random 360 ;; Random requires a number. It is between 0 and 360 (Degrees).
set shape “turtle”
set size 1
set color 8
]
end
;;——————————————————————————
to go
ask turtles [
fd 1 ;;The turtle moves forward by number steps, one step at a time. (If number is negative, the turtle moves backward.)
set heading heading + 10
pd ;; The turtle leaves the trail
]
end
to paint
export-view try
end

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NetLogo is a multi-agent programmable modeling environment. It is used by tens of thousands of students, teachers and researchers worldwide. It also powers HubNet participatory simulations. It is authored by Uri Wilensky and developed at the CCL. You can download it free of charge.

NetLogo was designed in the spirit of the Logo programming language to be “low threshold and no ceiling,” that is to enable easy entry by novices and yet meet the needs of high powered users. The NetLogo environment enables exploration of emergent phenomena. It comes with an extensive models library including models in a variety of domains such as economics, biology, physics, chemistry, psychology, system dynamics and many other natural and social sciences. Beyond exploration, NetLogo enables the quick and easy authoring of models.
It is particularly well suited for modeling complex systems developing over time. Modelers can give instructions to hundreds or thousands of independent “agents” all operating concurrently. This makes it possible to explore the connection between the micro-level behavior of individuals and the macro-level patterns that emerge from the interaction of many individuals.
NetLogo has many thousands of active users. It is freely available from the NetLogo website. NetLogo is in use in a wide variety of educational contexts from elementary school to graduate school. Many teachers make use of NetLogo in their curricula. NetLogo comes bundled with a large library of sample models covering many domains in natural and social science.
NetLogo was designed and authored by Uri Wilensky, director of Northwestern University’s Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling. Development has been funded by the National Science Foundation and other foundations.

Fin…

OK…So in my previous post I have stated that …

” blog to be updated soon”

Well…. I decided to first complete the report and then to get back on the blog, so that I will be able to properly post everything corectly and in order. The reason for this is to facilitate everything that has changed regarding the project’s outcome, analysis and conclusion  in relation to the progress of this thesis, as well as in accordance to  previous posts!!

The model has 10 shiftbrites connected in an array , and 4 digital micro servos powered with 2 arduino boards.

One arduino board is  for the 4 servos, and the other one for the 10 shiftbrites.

The motion of the servos is controlled with the mouse via processing.

Photos

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