> > I have some trouble writing the control function to navigate the
> > robot around the house since there are many different combinations
> > of sensor state.  Sure, I can write some "if/else statements" but
> > it looks like I will have 4096 (2^12) if/else statements!  There
> > must be an efficient and easier way!

Perhaps a simple artificial neural network?

This works well especially if some of the sensors have intermediate
values rather than just on/off.
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