my post is not gonna add any value to this thread, but i cant help recalling my final year project 1.5 years back.
i pooled up with a bunch of seriously smart guys in my class and we (i mean THEY) developed some robotic path tracking algorithm that finds the shortest path from one point to another avoiding all obstacles. it was something to do with a funda called "ant algorithms" wherein once a path is travelled, an adoptive approach is used to refine on that path etc etc. the entire interface was programmed in java. thereafter, this program was actually tested by programming a microchip controlled robot and making it move on a floor with stuff strewn across the floor.
now that`s all i know about my project. i was actually clueless about what my project was all about coz the smart guys wrote the code and did everything, i just patched up the whole thing from the net and played with the robot!
sorry for the non-value-adding post guys...i hope u dont mind.