Ricochet Robot 2.0 - Solution
The problem this month is a little different: Instead of getting a single robot to its home you must get all robots home! (If you can't see the whole board try setting your browser to full screen.)
- Yellow down
- Yellow right (Home)
- Red up
- Red left
- Blue up
- Blue left
- Blue down
- Blue right
- Green up
- Green right
- Red right
- Blue left
- Green down
- Green left
- Green up
- Green right (Home)
- Red down
- Red left
- Red up
- Red right
- Red down (Home)
- Blue right (Home)
There were a number of people that misinterpreted the puzzle due to a misunderstanding of the rules. In short, many people were under the impression that if a robot runs over its home base it stops. As far as I can see there is no rule in the game that suggests this. A robot will only stop if it hits a wall, the edge of the board or another robot. The boards included in the game always have the bases surrounded on two sides by walls so this doesn't ever come up whereas it does with this custom board. I think this is yet another example of no matter how clear you think a rule is, someone somewhere will always interpret it differently.
- Greg Aleknevicus
