The Vehicle behavior under Braitenberg Vehicle 4 Driven by Gaussian-like function

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to recreate the Braitenberg vehicle 4 in Simulink via MATLAB. The attempt of using the Gaussian-like function to control the vehicles’ trajectory would result in the further analysis of the so-called behavior, which would then be classified into two types related to the term in the field of psychology “invasion” and “retraction”. The tool we used is the Robotics Expansion Pack in Simulink via MATLAB. The results were positive and served as excellent support of our assumption. By controlling the shape of the gaussian-like function, the vehicle would possess the behavior pattern of aggressive invasion or retraction in fear. The result sets a foundation for further research in bio-inspired robotics, it also provides a new attempt in controlling the Braitenberg vehicles.