Toy Robot

Toy Robot is a text based simulator that moves a toy robot around a tabletop.

Valid Commands

The program can read the following commands:

PLACE X,Y,ORIENTATION

Puts the toy robot on the tabletop at the specified X and Y coordinates and facing the NORTH, SOUTH, EAST or WEST direction. If the robot is already placed on the table, issuing another PLACE command will move the robot to the new location.

MOVE

Moves the toy robot one place forward in the direction that the robot is currently facing.

LEFT

Rotates the robot counter-clockwise, 90 degrees to the left.

RIGHT

Rotates the robot clockwise, 90 degrees to the right.

REPORT

Displays the X and Y coordinates and facing direction of the robot.

Installation

This guide assumes that you already have Ruby, RubyGems, and Bundler set up on your machine.

git clone https://github.com/chrisalley/toy-robot
cd toy-robot
bundle

Running the Program

./toy-robot.rb

Example Commands

Entering the following commands...

PLACE 1,2,EAST
MOVE
RIGHT
MOVE
MOVE
LEFT
REPORT

...produces the following report:

2,0,EAST

Running Automated Tests

rspec

Copyright

All code is freely available under the MIT License.