[Phase Two] Saiak

[0111narwhalz]

 

SAIAK brings the fascinating topic of machine learning into Kerbal Space Program. Using the powerful artificial neural network, SAIAK should be able to fly anything... eventually.
SAIAK is built from scratch, taking advantage of the Unity editor for sandboxing during development. The codebase is built in a modular fashion to facilitate ease of modification to such parameters as input source, output destination, and fitness evaluation.

The concept is proven. Basic network architecture is functional and behaves in a deterministic fashion. The genetic algorithm optimizes and converges on a solution. The network is a pure feedforward model and acts combinatorially with its inputs. It is sandboxed in a color-matching mode.

Due to an operating system change, the Unity editor has been excised from the code. The network now outputs its fitness to the console. Reintegration in Phase Three should be a relatively small task. The network has been converted to a recurrent neural network. With this new temporal element, the network should be better equipped to handle flight-like scenarios. Sandbox is now a basic Newtonian physics problem, wherein the network moves a body towards a point. Error is accumulated each frame.

P2 v0.1.0
|Removal of UnityEngine Dependencies
|Conversion from Feedforward to Recurrent
|Problem changed from color-picking to box-moving
|Console interface in place of Unity Editor interface

P1 v0.0.0
|Initial Release
|Network Proof-of-Concept
|Genetic Algorithm
|Color-picking sandbox

 

Download the executable from GitHub as detailed under.
Run the executable. You may need to acquire Mono and run mono saiak.exe, depending on your operating system.

GitHub _{[source included]}

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Edited July 1, 2017 by 0111narwhalz
Phase Two

[sarbian]

Interesting. I was wondering if it would be doable a few days ago. Nice to see someone is looking into it

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[0111narwhalz]

Phase Two has begun!

P2 v0.1.0
|Removal of UnityEngine Dependencies
|Conversion from Feedforward to Recurrent
|Problem changed from color-picking to box-moving
|Console interface in place of Unity Editor interface

That's right, it's already begun piloting! We'll have this thing flying your whatevers in no time!