LEGO Mindstorms robot plays QUARTO!® boardgame

A LEGO robot (2 RCX bricks) plays Quarto! The robot is fully autonomous, without any connection to an external computer. The power of 2 Lego bricks obviously doesn't reach master level, but the machine plays rather well and can sometimes come up with a very good move. The video is in real time, so there is not much action. But remember: that little robot does it all by itself. By the way: the hardware and the software are by the very author of the original Quarto boardgame.

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[BlaMule]

Answer to aurelio703:

No, the 2 bricks do basically all the work. I added 2 home made multiplexers (very simple passive elements-relays only). All buttons are in a single chain of resistors. Some light effects are duplexed by adding 2 diode valves.

As the RCX brick face each other, they communucate via the IR port.

Does this answer your question?

[grnmon]

it was PRE-programmed to do everythin it does by a computer before hand... the lights there are for flashy effect... you did your part and moved the pieces needed to be moved in order for it to "LOOK" real...but its still proven fake... it doesn't have artificial intelligence, just codes to follow exactly how they say...

[BlaMule]

answer to grnmon

You are wrong on one point, but nearly right on an other.

1) The A.I. of my robot is absolutely genuine. Nothing pre-programmed. No fake.

2) For the film, I play a written part, that is true. Explanation: The order in which the pieces are placed on the shelf before the game determines the seed for a random generator. So, if I place the pieces in the same order, the robot will play the same game... as long as I stick to my part. The "trick" allows the different shooting angles.

[aurelio703]

Do you have a circuit board connected to the RCXs to control lights and buttons?

[daniel530800]

create the chess ;)

[nxtboti]

cooool!



[IIIDeadOKIII]

famtastick

[iloveFLL]

WOWOWOWOWOWOW！！！！！

Very Cool!!!!

[grnmon]

i was just in a bad mood yesterday... it is actually a great thing to show off to your friends...