SVT Robotics - .NET Core Take Home Recruiting Assesment

This is my submission for SVT's pallet transport microservice assignent.

Description

This microservice selects the nearest robot to a pallet using SVT's API

To test this service, simply start run/debug in vs code. then in Postman, send a POST request to the API's endpoint, which has the format https://localhost:5001/api/GetClosest/{loadId}/{x}/{y}

where loadId is the ID of the pallet to be moved x is the pallet x-coordinate y is the pallet y-coordinate

the return payload is:

{
    robotId: 58,
    distanceToGoal: 49.9, //Indicates how far the robot is from the load which needs to be moved.
    batteryLevel: 30 //Indicates current battery level of the robot.
}

Future Enhancements

1. The exercise choses appropriate robot for pick-up, but does not take into account delivery.
2. Since the service does not track the pallet, it would be beneficial to track the pallets that each robot picks up/moves
3. Determine if chosen robot has sufficient battery power to deliver the pallet. If not, chose next closest with enough power, etc.
4. The exercise assumes all pallets have the same weight, which is unlikely. An algorithm to calculate power/weight for delivery would be necessary.
5. Update documentation