
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A robot performs a walking routine along paths indicated by arrows in a rectangular field that is 16 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many meters does the robot walk when it travels from point $A$ to point $B$? Assume that the width between any two parallel paths is 1 meter (and the distance from point $B$ to the nearest vertical path is also 1 meter).

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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