A tracking robot uses Uniform Cost Search (Dijkstra) to hunt you. It always finds the cheapest total path — even if that means going around expensive terrain!
⚖️ UCS = always minimum total cost Watch the orange trail — notice it avoids mountains & swamps!
Plains (cost 1)
Swamp (cost 3)
Mountain (cost 5)
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SURVIVED!
You outran the UCS robot for 60 seconds! It tried every cheap path but you were smarter.
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CAUGHT!
UCS found the minimum-cost path straight to you. No escape once it optimizes the route.