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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. I don't know about you guys... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But THIS is why I read slashdot. All that other news stuff is just fluff.

    1. Re:I don't know about you guys... by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Funny? Try Insightful. This article is pure, geeky goodness.

      At least until those damned duplos fanbois show up... >:(

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    2. Re:I don't know about you guys... by fotbr · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or even worse -- the MegaBlocks fanbois.

    3. Re:I don't know about you guys... by mrzaph0d · · Score: 2, Insightful

      c'mon, i compared a lego kit with nearly the same specs as a megabloks kit, and it was twice the price.

      plus, there's no halo lego kits...

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    4. Re:I don't know about you guys... by PitaBred · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Yeah. But Megabloks don't connect together nearly as well as Lego, nor do they hold up as well over time. They're cheaper because they're inferior quality.

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    5. Re:I don't know about you guys... by jbezorg · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Your geek powers are weak

      http://starwars.lego.com/

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  2. Whiskey Tango Hotel by Em+Emalb · · Score: 4, Funny

    A robot doesn't "aspire" to anything. They're frigging electronics, metal and plastic.

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    1. Re:Whiskey Tango Hotel by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't anthropomorphize them, they hate it when you do that.

    2. Re:Whiskey Tango Hotel by Jake+Griffin · · Score: 2

      That's the difference between man-made and God-made according to most religions. That reminds me of a joke I heard once. A scientist who perfected cloning confronted God one day and said "We don't need you anymore. We can create humans ourselves!" So God challenged him to a contest. If the scientist could create a more perfect man, God would leave. The scientist accepted and proceeded to pick up a handful of dirt. "Wait, wait, wait... hold on a second!" said God, "Get your own dirt!"

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    3. Re:Whiskey Tango Hotel by Hognoxious · · Score: 2

      But if you're an atheist, then it could be, except it doesn't "die".

      That is not dead, which can eternal lie.
      Yet in strange ovens, I could bake a pie.

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    4. Re:Whiskey Tango Hotel by treeves · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, and we can criticize your spelling as well. You misspelled half of the multisyllabic words in your post, plus a monosyllabic word.
      Next.

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  3. 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?

  4. 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

  5. Uh, no, this i not a lego robot playing tetris by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a (probably expensive) DSP decoding the video and then the lego robot figuring out how to move. Give that robot some vision of its own, and I'll be more impressed.

  6. 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

  7. Bricks for bricks... by bagsta · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...So a robot made of bricks playing a game, in which bricks fall down... nice touch...

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  8. Is that just me, or ist the bot crap at Tetris? by Qbertino · · Score: 2

    Sorry folks, but while I'm a total n00b when it comes to robots, I believe I could come up with a much better Tetris solving programm in a single day. Is it just me or is that bot really bad at Tetris?

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