Due: Monday, Feb. 03, 2025

This assignment is worth 25 points. For full credit:

• submit responses to BrightSpace by class time on the due date
• see the Deliverables section below

Reading:

• AI:FCA Sections 2.1 and 2.2
• AIPython Skim Chapter 1 for Python features used, then read through Sec. 2.1 and 2.3

Written Part (10 points).

1. List any Python features from Chapter 1 that you are not familiar with. Look up an example not in the AIPython document (from an online text, tutorial, or Python docs) for each one. Write out the example and the result of running it (can be a screenshot).
   
   If you think you know how to use all these features, its still worth doing the exercise, so pick one to try.
    
2. Select one of the features/examples from #1 and write a description of the feature in English. Include an answer to the question "where might this feature be useful, and in what type of program?" A good educated guess is all I'm looking for.

Programming Problem (15 points).

Okay, now that we have some experience interacting with the Robot Controller, let's see what else can be done.

1. Replace the code that creates the robot and its environment (lines 75-87 in the code listing found in AIPython) with the robot trap environment found on page 36, Exercise 2.2
2. Run this version of the program and see what it does. You should be able to get it to crash quite easily; if you do, take a screenshot.
3. Exercise 2.2 asks to "write a controller that can escape the trap and get to the goal." Give this a try; you should only need to modify the steer method in agentMiddle.py while also keeping track of a new instance variable count.
4. When the robot needs to steer left around an obstacle, increment count; otherwise as long as count > 0, steer right and decrement.
5. Solid attempts that show the robot making progress but don't manage to reach the goal will still get plenty of partial credit.

Deliverables.

You can turn in the written part one of these ways:

• Complete the assignment on paper and turn in at the beginning of class on the due date
• Complete the assignment in a text editor and post to the Assignments page on BrightSpace by the due date
• Either way, make sure your name is clearly visible
• Please do not write on paper and post a photo taken on your phone. If you wrote your answers on paper, turn in the paper.

For the programming, post your Python files and any screenshots to BrightSpace.

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