EscapeBot beta version. Max 200 moves. Avg 100 moves.

.idea/misc.xml

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_16" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />

src/EscapeBot.java

@@ -1,37 +1,33 @@
 public class EscapeBot extends Bot{
-    boolean rocketDetected = false;
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
+    String moves = "";
+    private boolean goesForward = true;
 
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
         Bot escapeBot = new EscapeBot(args);
         escapeBot.run();
     }
     protected EscapeBot(String[] args) {
         super(args);
     }
-
-    protected char nextMove(View view) throws Exception {
-        char[] viewField = view.data.toCharArray();
-
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < viewField.length; i++) {
-            if(viewField[i] == 'o'){
-                rocketDetected = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if(rocketDetected){
-
-        }else{
-            return randomWalk();
-        }
-
-        return 0;
+    protected char nextMove(View view){
+        boolean rocketDetected = view.data.contains("o");
+        return rocketDetected ? goToRocket(view) : randomWalk();
+    }
+    private char goToRocket(View view){
+        int rowDifference = findRocketRow(view) - 2;
+        return rowDifference < 0 ? '^' : '<';
+    }
+    private int findRocketRow(View view) {
+        return view.data.indexOf('o') / 5;
     }
-
     private char randomWalk() {
-        return '^';
+        if(moves.isEmpty()){
+            moves = "^".repeat(28);
+            moves += (goesForward ? ">^^^^^>" : "<^^^^^<");
+            goesForward = !goesForward;
+        }
+        char nextMove = moves.charAt(0);
+        moves = moves.substring(1);
+        return nextMove;
     }
-
-
-}
-
+}

src/ManualBot.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import java.util.Scanner;
 public class ManualBot extends Bot{
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-
         Bot manualBot = new ManualBot(args);
         manualBot.run();
     }
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ public class ManualBot extends Bot{
         switch(scanner.nextLine().toLowerCase()){
             case "w":
                 return '^' ;
-
             case "s":
                 return 'v' ;
             case "a":
@@ -27,7 +25,5 @@ public class ManualBot extends Bot{
                 break;
         }
         return 0;
-
-
     }
 }