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IBM's Robocode: A Platform for Learning AI

Review - IBM's Robocode: A Platform for Learning AI

Nick Loadholtes' contest article has just been published.

This platform is not only a fun tool for learning how to program in Java, but is also a powerful environment for testing out AI concepts. This article is an introduction to the platform and how it
can be used for AI programming.

http://ai-depot.com/Essay/Robocode.html

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Monday 06 January, 03:00
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OMEGA revisited

I've been looking for years for something similar to what I consider to be one of the best computer games ever, OMEGA (by Origin). I still have the original for the C64. Once in awhile I crack open the book for a good read. Anyone else ever play that game? It's more or less the same concept as Robocode except they created a custom programming language for the tanks. Each function had a "cycle cost" so you had to watch what you were doing. It had a few bugs but you could do some fairly advanced things. Anyways, great info about Robocode, thanks for the essay! Looking forward to getting into it.

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Tuesday 07 January, 23:58
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Motivating

This looks like a great little game which might actually motivate me to learn some more AI techniques!

Thanks for introducing it so well.

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Thursday 09 January, 08:43
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Thanks!

Thanks, I'm glad everyone liked the article. The robocode stuff is just so much fun (and so useful) I just had to write up a little something about it. :)

-Nick

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Monday 13 January, 09:26
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