'Wander' is an AI behavior where an AICharacter will move in a random direction to generate realistic movement around an environment with no goal position in mind.

In PandAI, 'Wander' is defined as :

aiBehaviors.wander(double wander_radius, int flag, double aoe, float priority)

where :

Wander Radius represents the degree of wandering. This is implemented via a guiding circle in front of the AI Character.

Flag represents which plane to wander in (0 - XY, 1 - YZ, 2 - XZ, 3 - XYZ). By default, it is in the XY plane.

Area of Effect is the radius from the starting point where the AICharacter would wander within.

priority is by default set to 1.0 and is used when using two or more steering behaviors on an AICharacter.

The velocity at which the AICharacter wanders is determined when you first create your AICharacter object using the AICharacter constructor.

The full working code for this in Panda3D :

#for directx window and functions
import direct.directbase.DirectStart
#for most bus3d stuff
from pandac.PandaModules import *
#for directx object support
from direct.showbase.DirectObject import DirectObject
#for tasks
from direct.task import Task
#for Actors
from direct.actor.Actor import Actor
#for Pandai
from panda3d.ai import *
 
# Globals
speed = 0.75
 
class World(DirectObject):
 
    def __init__(self):
        base.disableMouse()
        base.cam.setPosHpr(0,0,55,0,-90,0)
 
        self.loadModels()
        self.setAI()
 
    def loadModels(self):
        # Seeker
        ralphStartPos = Vec3(0, 0, 0)
        self.wanderer = Actor("models/ralph",
                                 {"run":"models/ralph-run"})
        self.wanderer.reparentTo(render)
        self.wanderer.setScale(0.5)
        self.wanderer.setPos(ralphStartPos)
 
    def setAI(self):
        #Creating AI World
        self.AIworld = AIWorld(render)
 
        self.AIchar = AICharacter("wanderer",self.wanderer, 100, 0.05, 5)
        self.AIworld.addAiChar(self.AIchar)
        self.AIbehaviors = self.AIchar.getAiBehaviors()
 
        self.AIbehaviors.wander(5, 0, 10, 1.0)
        self.wanderer.loop("run")
 
        #AI World update        
        taskMgr.add(self.AIUpdate,"AIUpdate")
 
    #to update the AIWorld    
    def AIUpdate(self,task):
        self.AIworld.update()            
        return Task.cont
 
w = World()
run()

To get the full working demo, please visit :

https://sites.google.com/site/etcpandai/documentation/steering-behaviors/wander/PandAIWanderExample.zip?attredirects=0&d=1