Smart Rocket

Goals

Smart rocket is designed to determine the shortest distance from the starting position to the target.

Setup

The demonstration has three major components: target, barriers, and rockets:

Target

Located at the top of the model, the target explodes once a rocket has reached it.

Barriers

Position between the starting point of the rockets and the target, the barriers prevent the rockets from reaching the target.

Rockets

Rockets are shot from the opposite side of the target and has the goal of eventually reaching the target. They bounce from the barriers until a rocket has reached the target. Once the rocket reaches a target, a copy of that rocket trajectory is saved for the next test.