@qwas12348gr5: The arm reaches blindly to where it knows the piece is. There is no feedback, such as vision, to guide it. This makes it less reliable, but the hand tends to scoop in any slightly mis-placed pieces.
That's so amazing! Good work. Are there any other similar robot arms on ebay you can recommend? Right now the SIR-3 isn't listed. Does this work with the ICC? Would the code be radically different if you used a bluetooth DGT board?
I think I have a new aspiration to present to Computer Science club... :)
I was thinking of doing something like this. But rather it be an automated arm where moves were inputted to a keypad and the arm made the moves for you. You could then play against someone else without touching the board at all. Would probably implement AI eventually, but the moves via keypad would be great!
I did not implement computerized checking on the human moves. It could be done, but since I am the only user it was easier to leave that function out.
Agreed. On this video the chess engine was "GNUChess" and it slected a weak opening. I have since swapped in Rybka3 (a much stronger engine) that can play at extremly high ELO ratings. So it can now beat me, but I'm never going to rip it apart.
The robot arm cost around $1500 on eBay. The DGT chess board is around $450. The small form-factor PC that runs the software was only a few hundred dollars. And then hundreds of hours designing and writing code!
How did it see the board? Where were the "eyes"?
qwas12348gr5 2 months ago
@qwas12348gr5: The arm reaches blindly to where it knows the piece is. There is no feedback, such as vision, to guide it. This makes it less reliable, but the hand tends to scoop in any slightly mis-placed pieces.
engineeringtype 2 months ago
haha cool engineering. it only takes too long for one mo move.
jackthefuckingblack 3 months ago
is he drunk?
catalinaguerrero 4 months ago
I was hoping to see it pick up that first pawn real slow and then whip it at the wall.
aello465 8 months ago
@aello465
lol that made me laugh
qwas12348gr5 2 months ago
lol. It's second move was like "**** your pawn"
EnsignN7 8 months ago
so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheFeli73 10 months ago
so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheFeli73 10 months ago
white missed 5.Bf3
wrich1162 1 year ago
What a rude robot. It didn't pick up the pawn it dropped in the beginning.
fallenpandaman 1 year ago
That's so amazing! Good work. Are there any other similar robot arms on ebay you can recommend? Right now the SIR-3 isn't listed. Does this work with the ICC? Would the code be radically different if you used a bluetooth DGT board?
I think I have a new aspiration to present to Computer Science club... :)
Squ34k3rZ 1 year ago
Where did you find a D.G.T. board for 450? I GOT to save up and get me that chess playin' bird.
Odhinn222 1 year ago
Nice :) But this seems to be veeery expensive and not for real practical usage, because the robot is quit slow ... But nice :)
pcbdev 1 year ago
I was thinking of doing something like this. But rather it be an automated arm where moves were inputted to a keypad and the arm made the moves for you. You could then play against someone else without touching the board at all. Would probably implement AI eventually, but the moves via keypad would be great!
Wond3rballs 1 year ago
COOL!!!
htirah100 1 year ago
0:25 - 0:31 lol hahahh
BedoArsenal 2 years ago
but if u make a wrong move for example to move the qween like a horse what will hapen?
vladonec20 2 years ago
I did not implement computerized checking on the human moves. It could be done, but since I am the only user it was easier to leave that function out.
engineeringtype 2 years ago
that robot sucks but if it ever beat me id rip it apart
Fupper16 2 years ago
Agreed. On this video the chess engine was "GNUChess" and it slected a weak opening. I have since swapped in Rybka3 (a much stronger engine) that can play at extremly high ELO ratings. So it can now beat me, but I'm never going to rip it apart.
engineeringtype 2 years ago
cool how much did it cost
Fupper16 2 years ago
The robot arm cost around $1500 on eBay. The DGT chess board is around $450. The small form-factor PC that runs the software was only a few hundred dollars. And then hundreds of hours designing and writing code!
engineeringtype 2 years ago
chess winnie xD
ripply650 2 years ago
Picked it up on eBay. They are not cheap! I could have used a smaller robot arm if the sensory chess board was smaller.
engineeringtype 3 years ago
Where did you get the robot arm from?
ColoradoMikeyS 3 years ago