Problem-solving Implications
Because of Ricochet Robot's unique game structure and complex problem solving techniques, it has been the topic of academic study. The study, located here argues that Ricochet Robot is a good game to analyze problem solving techniques of humans and computers. Although Ricochet Robot has an initially exponential increase in complexity, it is solvable by polynomial time algorithms. This is because the number of possible positions is greatly limited by the relatively low number of robots (four or five) and so an efficient algorithm may search through all possible positions.
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