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Robot Navigation: Commands, Obstacles, and Fleets

Repair directional movement, reject blocked steps, and keep multiple robots from colliding.

The scenario

Repair directional movement, reject blocked steps, and keep multiple robots from colliding.

A failure to reason about

Use a small backend development scenario to compare current behavior with the requirement.

Illustrative context for the topic. The exercise’s full requirements arrive in the workspace.

Questions to bring to your review

  • Which caller makes the reported behavior visible?
  • What focused regression would distinguish the current behavior from the requirement?
  • What existing behavior must remain intact after the change?

Skills you will practice

  • State machines
  • Coordinate systems
  • Collision checks
  • Incremental design

Read the existing code, reproduce the reported behavior, review proposed changes, and verify your final implementation. You can use AI assistance while staying responsible for the result.

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