Joined: Jan '09
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This is one of the worst and most unuseful thread I have ever posted...nonetheless I've to bump it backbecause a sad news came up about this very important matter
C/P from a website:
Scientists in Tokyo have invented a robot that can never lose at a game of rock, paper, scissors.
Developed at the University of Tokyo's Ishikawa Oku Laboratory, the robot is able to beat an opponent every single time by recognizing the shape of that person's hand just one millisecond in advance - effectively cheating its way to victory.
"The wrist joint angle of the robot hand is controlled based on the position of the human hand," wrote the researchers. "The vision recognizes one of rock, paper and scissors based on the shape of the human hand. After that, the robot hand plays one of rock, paper and scissors so as to beat the human being in 1ms."
Scientists in Tokyo have invented a robot that can never lose at a game of rock, paper, scissors.
Developed at the University of Tokyo's Ishikawa Oku Laboratory, the robot is able to beat an opponent every single time by recognizing the shape of that person's hand just one millisecond in advance - effectively cheating its way to victory.
I remember reading about this in a tech forum, where someone posed the question how the robot would handle "lizard or spock", which I thought was a funny allusion...
Joined: Mar '11
Location: Canada
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That's pretty ridiculous, that someone would waste so much time and money on such a blatantly useless thing. I mean the glove of course. The other video that was posted is kinda cool, cuz it's impossible to beat, and it'd be funny to watch someone who didn't know it was rigged, try over and over to beat it. Would be funny to prank friends with it.
Or if the gf/wife isn't around, maybe you could trick it into giving you...uhm....release lol.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: United Kingdom
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Rock, paper, scissors.............they really shiould include, electricity cos then that would make it all even more interesting diont ya think? Maybe introduce water as an option and that would be even more exciting!
Joined: Jan '11
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I don't know how many people are so bord with themselves that they would want to purchase such an item if it's marketed to play Rock, Paper, Scissors. Secondly, the individual who came up with this surely has the capability to do something or invent something far more interesting then this.
As for the post! Well, it is incredible to see crazy things like this, but I'm just curious as to how you stumbled across the item?
