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FPath_Ex011: Calibration Interlude

Background

FPath is a project to explore the possibilities of the Feynman Path to Nanotechnology. Essentially this means using tools to make small tools which then make smaller tools. See the main FPath Project page for more details.

The Goal

The target goal of this experiment is:

This is not a formal experiment. Rather, it documents the basic methods of operation of the image recognition and path following algorythms used in the FPath project.

FPath Image Recognition Algoritym

Achieving the Goal

The fast image recognition techniques and the complex behaviours which emerge from the Graphical Stigmergy techniques are detailed in the video which documents this experiment.

No changes were made to the Walnut software for this video. All techniques discussed were incorporated for Experiment 010 and this software has been released to the GitHub repo as version 00.02.11 and Commit ID 345621e. .

The Result

The documentation of the techniques is the result.

This experiment was also discussed in a post on the RepRap Blog: Algorithmic Interlude #1

This experiment is now complete.

The Future

This FPath experiment documented the Graphical Stigmergy techniques from which complex behaviors emerged from the interaction of simple actions. It is expected that these techniques will be further developed and refined in future experiments.

License

The intellectual property rights to all new and/or original ideas and technologies documented under the FPath project and sub-projects are claimed in full by the author and are immediately released into the public domain under the terms of the MIT License. Any ideas, techniques, processes or methods of work documented in the FPath project and sub-projects must be considered to be prior art and must be cited in any patent applications.

The contents of the FPath project and sub-projects are provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind and without any claim to accuracy. Please be aware that the information provided may be out-of-date, incomplete, erroneous or simply unsuitable for your purposes. Any use you make of the information is entirely at your discretion and any consequences of that use are entirely your responsibility.