Robot factory permutation riddle

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a riddle involving a robot navigating a 6x6 grid, where each square has an arrow that dictates the robot's movement. Participants explore the implications of the robot moving over each square twice and the resulting orientation of the arrows.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant clarifies that the robot moves according to the direction indicated by the arrow on each square.
  • Another participant confirms that "has moved on all of the squares for 2 orders" means the robot has traversed each square twice.
  • A different participant suggests that if the robot has passed over each square exactly twice, it would follow a path back to the starting square, thus reverting the arrows to their original directions.
  • One participant humorously acknowledges the gender of the robot, indicating a light-hearted approach to the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the interpretation of the robot's movement and the implications of moving over each square twice, but there is no consensus on the overall solution to the riddle.

Contextual Notes

Unresolved aspects include the specific mechanics of how the arrows are reset and whether there are any constraints on the robot's movement that could affect the outcome.

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A factory has built a robot which moves on all squares of a 6*6 table. There is an arrow On all of the squares of the table when it moves on an square it reads the arrow the square and moves according to the square but before doing that it changes the arrow of the square aim to the previous square(except the 1st square because there was not any squares before that .)...after some moving we understand that the robot has moved on all of the squares for 2 orders (except the first square) show that all of the arrows are the same as the first
sorry for my bad English
 
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I assume that "moves according to the square" means that it moves to the square the arrow is pointing to. Does "has moved on all of the squares for 2 orders" mean it has moved twice over each square?
 
HallsofIvy said:
I assume that "moves according to the square" means that it moves to the square the arrow is pointing to. Does "has moved on all of the squares for 2 orders" mean it has moved twice over each square?
exactly
 
Surely if the robot has passed over each square exactly twice, the robot has followed some path from the first square to the last, and the last square he stands on changes to point back to the square he came from.
This means he will follow that same path to get back to the start and will have stepped on each square twice, thereby reverting all the arrows to their original direction.

EDIT:I denoted the robot as a 'he', I apologize if the robot is actually a female :)
 

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