Challenge Overview
Challenge Objectives
- This challenge will focus on some subtle bugs with the collision avoidance algorithm used in the application experiments, specifically the MAP task, where the user needs to ensure virtual ships avoid restricted areas and other ships.
Project Background
HATTB (Human-Autonomy Teaming Task Battery) is intended to provide a simplified version of the real-world tasks performed by remote operators monitoring and controlling vehicles with varying levels of automation (a.k.a. pilots controlling drones). The primary use case for HATTB is a psychology researcher studying the performance of participants as they complete specific defined Scenarios. In the future, the application could be extended to many use cases outside of drone operation.
There are a number of tasks defined in the app currently, including:
- Legacy MATB task
- Search task
- MAP task
Researchers will be able to setup experiments for various scenarios.
Technology Stack
- SwiftUI
- Swift 5
- Catalyst targeting iPadOS and macOS
- SpriteKit
- Multi-peer connectivity
Note that third party libraries / CocoaPods are not allowed unless they are approved by the client explicitly. The goal is to not have to use any third party libraries in the final application.
Functional overview
A functional overview document will be provided in the forum, in the "docs" folder of the provided code.
Code access
The existing code for the application will be available in Gitlab, and access will be granted through a link in the forum.
Challenge requirements
This challenge will fix a couple of issues that have been raised by the client. The list is below, and Gitlab access can be achieved by requesting it in the forum.
- https://gitlab.com/topcoder-consulting/nois2-033-hattb/HATTB/-/issues/499
- For this ticket, please ensure that you properly test all 9 levels of automation in the MAP task, ensuring that they continue to work as expected. This is a huge focus of the client, so we want to ensure this is solid and works as expected for all configurations.
- https://gitlab.com/topcoder-consulting/nois2-033-hattb/HATTB/-/issues/489
Orientation
Note that this app will run on both iPadOS and macOS. Please ensure that the contents scale appropriately on both.
Deployment guide and validation document
Please include an updated README.md that describes how to run the app. This shouldn't change much from what's already there, but if any specific setup steps are required for testing or running the above steps, please make sure that's covered.
Validation
You must also provide a Validation.md document, with information about how to properly validate the fixes above. No video is required.
NOTE:
For this challenge, please ensure that you properly test all 9 levels of automation in the MAP task, ensuring that they continue to work as expected.
What To Submit
- Git patch against a recent commit in git (anything 8370f5f402c34f2d0688567d67225086e3111b97 or later) Make sure to test your patch file and document the commit the reviewers have to use!
- Updated README.md
- Validation.md