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Lego Robot Plays Tetris

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-can-tetris-not-be-in-my-spellcheck dept.

kkleiner writes "What's the surest sign that robots aspire to be more like humans? They play video games. The Tetris-Bot operates completely without human interference to play games of old school Tetris on a computer. Creator Branislov Kisacanin patched together a webcam, a digital signaling processing board, and some NXT Lego as a fun educational project for his kids."

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  1. Next Physical Tetris? by Drethon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So will someone make Tetris blocks out of legos and come up with a robot that plays Tetris physically, perhaps even in 3d?

  2. Mysterious Tetris video... by RyanFenton · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On a closely related note, here's another video of a tool-assisted playing of Tetris, with an interesting mystery to it:

    Clicky

    It won't make sense at first, but once you get it, you'll see a little more art in the art of video games.

    Ryan Fenton

    1. Re:Mysterious Tetris video... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Doing that is actually a special rank in Tetris The Grand Master.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4RxUpZ9Ss

  3. First Lego League by nkovacs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For all the tech geeks out there interested in volunteering there is a great program called First Lego League to help gets kids get excited about technology. The program uses the Lego NXT kit like in the video. Legos + robotics + getting kids excited about technology = win.

    http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll/content.aspx?id=13056