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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.

  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.

  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

  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.