200年后地球资源枯竭,蚂蚁由于其强大的抗击自然能力,被我选为带上飞船的生物,去新的星球进行探索。
In 2216, the earth faces resources depletion. Due to their strong surviving nature, ants are chosen to live aboard the spacecraft, exploring a new planet with human beings.
根据动物学研究,蚂蚁是典型的社会性群体,讲求分工合作,寿命较长大约在3-10年,杂食性动物。
According to zoology studies, ant is believed as a typical social animal. They have separate roles and are good at cooperation. And their life span is from 3 to 10 years. In addition, they belong to omnivorous animals.
From the study of ants, scientists found that ant nesting behavior mainly depends on the density of CO2 as well as its own pheromone.It is proved that various density of CO2 in soil leads to corresponding layout of nest, thus ant will form a unique “architectural typology” in diffenrent lot. At the same time, the study discovered that by producing pheromones (a kind of chemical) , ants could communicate with each other to finish goals together.
在对蚂蚁的调查研究中发现蚂蚁的筑巢行为主要靠CO2浓度和自身的信息素分泌来控制,蚂蚁会根据土壤中的CO2浓度来决定蚁巢的疏密布局,每块地形成独有的“建筑”形式;同时研究中发现蚂蚁通过产生信息素吸引其他蚂蚁,以共同完成同一目标。
The design of the spacecraft base on the nesting behavior of ants. In the first stage, we simulate their living habits . Point here are agents for ants. By using the stochastic system ,point can move randomly. When the distance between two points is with the margin(controlled by parameter), two point will share one moving direction.According to the final track of their movement, the space nodes of the spacecraft are generated (simplified track lines are divided into many parts with same intervals , then creating nodes ), then making those nodes to form the basic spatial volume (by voronoi); then through the research of spacecraft’s shape relations between different stage of space craft (taking-off/landing/on-flight) and CO2’s density’s impact on nesting, by using field system, altered controlling points can determine the position of spacecraft in different stage.
飞船的设计以蚂蚁的筑巢行为为参考,首先对蚂蚁的生活习性进行模拟。这里点是用来模拟现实中的蚂蚁。运用随机系统在让点在一定范围内随机的移动,当点与点之间距离相近时使其沿同一路径运动,根据最终形成的路径得到飞船的空间节点(把路径简化成单一曲线,等分生产点),再利用泰森多边形算法生成飞船的基本体量;随后通过研究飞船的起飞、降落与飞行阶段的形体关系与蚂蚁筑巢受CO2浓度影响的方式相结合,运用场系统干扰,通过控制点的改变来决定飞船在不同时期的形态。