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Optimization Algorithm

What is Particle Swarm Optimization

Why did we use it?

How does it Work?

Particle Swarm Optimization animation

"2D-Partikelschwarm sucht globales Minimum" by Ephramac, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Particle swarm optimization inspired by bird flocking with velocity vectors

Figure from Zhang, L. (2025). "Swarm Intelligent Car-Following Model for Autonomous Vehicle Platoon Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Theory", Electronics, 14(9), 1851. Licensed under CC BY 4.0, via MDPI.

How did we Implement it?

Image of 3d PID space TODO Python notebook

Performance

Download (1) video Video from arya robot with timers

Last modified: 07 July 2025