Solar panel on top, wind panel underneath.
For an architectural roof skin project the goal was to expose more of glazing under a solar panel in areas where there was less sunlight to collect.
Environmental Center Birds Eye View with Environmental Analysis
A braitenberg vehicle simulation seems appropriate as we can steer them away from areas of higher solar exposure by having the sensors read in a bitmap of solar radiance per panel.
Braitenberg vehicles explore a solar radiance map, tending towards areas of less solar exposure.
However, the result of a pure vehicle simulation is highly uncontrolled and not a viable design option for aesthetic and fabrication constraints. So by adding agent forces such as seek and particle forces such as attract we can help ensure the vehicles remain in a consistent heading and to end up at their starting positions.
vehicle/agent quelea traverses a solar radiance map tending towards areas of less solar exposure.
