Hands-On Neuroevolution with Python

The maze-solving agent

The maze-solving agent is equipped with a set of sensors, allowing it to perceive the maze environment and to know the direction to the maze exit at each step. The configuration of the sensors is shown in the following diagram:

The maze-solving agent's sensor configuration

In the preceding diagram, the dark arrows define the range-finder sensors allowing the agent to perceive obstacles and find the distance to the obstacle in the given direction. The four sectors drawn around the robot's body are pie-slice radars, which detect the direction to the maze exit in each time step. The light arrow inside the robot's body determines ...