[Server]: Construct all robots at the beginning of the game

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Task Description:

The Robot class can be found in src/server/robot/robot.ts. This class is an in-code representation for a physical ChessBot. This is great an all, but we don't actually create all the 32 instances at the start of the game right now.... we need to though.

Implementation Steps:

1. We will put it at the top of server/api/api.ts.
2. Some changes will need to be made to the Robot class and the bot-server-config.json.

• In src/server/robot/robot.ts, you will need to change the constructor to accept only the id, since everything else can be calculated from that. You will then calculate all the other needed variables in the body of the constructor.
• In src/server/api/bot-server-config.json, you will need to add a new field to each robot. This field is startHeading. It determines what direction the robot will be facing when constructed. The robots will face each other, and a heading of 0 is to the right, like a unit circle.

3. You will do two things for each robot. Construct a new Robot() passing in the id, and then call robotManager.add() passing in the robot. Do this for all 32. The ids of each robot can be found in the bot-server-config.

Additional Notes and Resources:

The RobotManager definition is in src/server/robot/robot-manager.ts.

Expected Timeline:

This should be able to be completed in a single ChessBots meeting, or about a week.

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