| Definition | The goal of this project is to model plant branching with respect to light. |
| No of environments | 1 |
The goal of this project is to model plant branching with respect to light. The project presents an environment with a light source, a target and a plant growing. The environment allows for the light to move along the top edge of the environment (along the x-axis) in order to maximize plant growth and guide the plant towards the desired target.
Environment
The environment is a 84x84x3 pixel space where the light makes scattering points available for branching. The target is located in the top third area of the environment and the plant always starts at a random location. The plant will only be attracted to scattering points under the light. The environment was built following the OpenAI Gym Environment framework.
Observations & States
The agent has access to two types of observations; stacked binary matrices or RGB pictures. are in picture format. All resulsts with stable baselines has been done with RGB observations. The stacked binary matrices represent the light position, the plant position and the target position.
Actions
Light Movement
Move light right
Move light left
Stay in current position
Light Focus
Increase light width
Decrease light width
Rewards
Closest distance to the target(s)