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Deep Green - A Pool Playing Robot?
o0zi writes "A Canadian scientist has created another game-playing machine, designed for a far simpler purpose than chess: playing pool. The world's first pool-playing robot consists of a slim box that glides along tracks above a pool table, and shoots using a camera-guided cue. Deep Green pots only half the shots it plans for - supposedly the same as a below average player - but this is expected to improve."
a pool CLEANING robot.
or at least something that can clean for me.
At last: a pool opponent who doesn't spend the entire match distracting you by chalking their cue!
I wonder if it will be able to beat Kasparov?
But what is the SIGnificance?
Now they only need to make a robot that sucks at golf. Of course, important aspects of the design will include a synthesized "FUCK! God DAMMIT! Stupid fucking sandtrap!" on 50% of shots made.
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
Where's the 'aimjuice' aka beer intakes on this baby? Not to mention, does it smoke and enjoy country music as well? What about karaoke!?
ALL IM ASKING IS THAT IT PARTICIPATE WITH THE REST OF US HUMANS.
Mod me down as robot-insensitive.
But does it run linux?
You forgot to metion that Huey, Duey and Louie on Valley Forge also made far better gardeners than any snooker/pool playing robot ever would. Well, one of them did by the end of the film, the others probably would have too, given the chance.
I'd have really been put in my place by that had you thought to mention it.
Deep Blue now Deep Green *YAWN* someone wake me up when we see Deep Pink the nympho robot.
I think the invisible hand of the market has its middle finger extended
--A wise old fart named SC0RN
--From "Whitehole", Red Dwarf, Series 4
Man, where do you find the time to still read slashdot?
You forgot to suggest neural nets. Add in bayesian networks, simulated annealing, an expert system, Lisp, Prolog, and mind.forth, and you'll be able to convince any AI groupie that the thing is intelligent. Even if it misses the cue ball 90 % of the time.
My pool playing is likewise below average, except when I've had a few pints and I start clearing tables. No, I don't understand it either.
You don't really play better after a few pints, you're just so drunk you think you're playing better. In reality, everybody at the pub's been laughing at you for the past half hour after you came out of the bathroom with your fly open and toilet paper coming out of your pants.
Q: What's green, and if it falls out of a tree and lands on you it could kill you?
A: A pool table.
You're only better than 75% of all pool players? Christ, you suck at pool.
I play once a year, always in a different state. I usually intentionally miscue three or four times a game to allow the poor schlub I'm playing a little hope. I only use warped house cues with no tip and try to find a table with wrinkled felt and plenty of bare patches. I laugh at the professionals who whine that they only lost to me because of the beer puddle on the table. Pool is about playing the conditions.
I've never played in a tournament, but I once won $50 from a girl with Downs Syndrome. I am better than 85% of all pool players, past and present and future. If I played twice a year, I would be the greatest pool player ever, but that would bore me.
In closing, suck my balls.
Hey...I watched the "The Color of Money" starrring Ton Cruise and Paul Neuman - I know all about Pool Hustlng.