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Kalman Filter for a robot maze

Built for students learning it for a class or exam. See the concept move instead of memorizing formulas — and check your homework intuition. Simulate a robot maze live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.

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The Kalman filter fuses a motion model with noisy measurements to track a hidden state optimally. Each step it predicts, then corrects using the Kalman gain — trusting the measurement more when the model is uncertain, and vice versa. It smooths the jittery sensor (gray) into a clean estimate (cyan) that hugs the truth. The math behind GPS, radar, and spacecraft navigation.

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Kalman RMSE0.0
Noise reductionNaN%

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Reading this result: Measurement noise dwarfs process noise, so the Kalman gain stays small — the filter leans on its motion model and smooths the jitter hard.

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Is this good for students?
Yes — this version of "Kalman Filter for a robot maze" is framed for students learning it for a class or exam. See the concept move instead of memorizing formulas — and check your homework intuition.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in any modern browser, free, with no account required.