add basic structure.

mathema/sensor.py

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+# actors/sensor.py
+from actor import Actor
+import random
+
+
+class Sensor(Actor):
+    def __init__(self, sid, cx_pid, name, vector_length, fanout_pids, scape=None):
+        super().__init__(f"Sensor-{sid}")
+        self.sid = sid
+        self.cx_pid = cx_pid
+        self.sname = name
+        self.vl = vector_length
+        self.fanout = fanout_pids
+        self.scape = scape
+
+    async def run(self):
+        while True:
+            print("sensor running...")
+            msg = await self.inbox.get()
+            tag = msg[0]
+
+            print("got sensor message: ", msg)
+
+            if tag == "sync":
+                vec = await self._sense()
+                print("sensed vec: ", vec)
+                for pid in self.fanout:
+                    await pid.send(("forward", self.sid, vec))
+
+            elif tag == "terminate":
+                return
+
+    async def _sense(self):
+        if self.sname == "rng":
+            return [random.random() for _ in range(self.vl)]
+        elif self.sname == "xor_GetInput" and self.scape:
+            print("TODO")
+            await self.scape.send(("sense", self.sid, self))
+            msg = await self.inbox.get()
+            if msg[0] == "percept":
+                return msg[1]
+            else:
+                return [0.0] * self.vl
+        else:
+            return [0.0] * self.vl