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Japanese Researchers Build Rock-paper-scissors Robot That Wins 100% of the Time
slew writes "Although the robot technically cheats because it watches your hand and can recognize what shape you are intending to make and beat it before you even know what is happening. Apparently it takes about 60ms for you to shape your hand, but the robot can recognize the shape before it is completed, and only takes 20ms to counter your shape so the results appear to the human opponent to be virtually simultaneous. I wonder how difficult it would be to add lizard and spock to the mix.... ;^)."
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/06/27/0530254/
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my bot eats paste
Table-ized A.I.
So the human player has no incentive to change away from the Nash equilibrium of 1/3,1/3,1/3.
Since Rock-Paper-Scissors dates back to the time of the Chinese Han Dynasty, the Japanese built this in order to diplomatically resolve the dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands.
Actually: in Japan, there's a "strip-poker" variant of rock-paper-scissors. The loser of each round removes an article of clothing. The game is a minor part of porn culture in Japan.
Once again, porn drives innovation!
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
I saw this episode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Daleks </obscure>
We'll have to wait until the robot that detects duplicate posts about duplicate stories is completed.
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
Block the camera's vision by putting your other hand in the way.
I dutifully flagged this as a dupe in the firehose before it made it to the front page. Lot of good it did!
This robots offers "pull my finger" for gestures it doesn't recognize.
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When researchers build a rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock robot. Then I'll be impressed.
Why? It's just two more hand shapes, and the robot doesn't even need to use lizard or Spock (both rock and scissors beat lizard, and paper beats Spock).
If you show it the secret hand signal the robot will "Go Kabuki" and and make you a "Hot Saki" and a "Spicy Hand Roll".
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
You have to duplicate your flag in order for the dupe to be considered a dupe.
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
as a Slashdot reader, I hope we could get 100% new articles!
I dutifully flagged this as a dupe in the firehose before it made it to the front page. Lot of good it did!
Dice doesn't have dedicated slashdot editors anymore. They are editors of a dozen or so sites. Really now, what kind of quality do you expect now that they've sold out and now monetize the web synergies to create a new market paradigm of customer-focused informational advertisements?
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
Dice doesn't have dedicated slashdot editors anymore.
Dice doesn't have dedicated editors anymore.
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
Just curious if it's susceptible to feints, or if it reacts even too quickly for that.
I recall someone else already did this years ago.
Back in 2009, the same researchers had this hand doing all sorts of crazy dexterous motions... dribbling, pencil flipping, throwing & catching, etc: http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation
What if he play with another one with the same model. Do they win 50% of the time?
Title should read: "Japanese researchers build Rock-paper-scissors robot that cheats 100% of the time"
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This is a new model that is able to make predictions faster!!!! geez, does anyone RTFA??? Or maybe there are some here that cannot believe that the Japs can do something better than the Yanks? Just saying.
The first real-world application of this device will be in one of "those" doll/robots with the special moving parts.
And it won't be located at the end of an arm, either. ;-)
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
In Korea, only old people play rock-paper-scissors with robots.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Have it play against itself, then we'll see some small values of 100%.
Recognising pilot gestures almost immediately is a good thing for a Gundam to have.
which is totally what she said
Stop, don't write that again, there are just somethings not read before going to work. Now I'll have executive speak in my brain all day....damn you...damn you to HR.
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Japan's rapidly-ageing population gives money to researchers to build robotic servants that address the lack of young people to look after them in years to come... and gets rock-paper-scissors-bot instead.
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Sorry, but if you want a robot maid from Japan, it's going to be a sex bot.
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Damn, now I lost my train of thought, instead I'm thinking about a sex bot that reacts to me before I even make a move.
'Thinking' is probably the wrong term.
If you change the shape while coming down? So on 3, you stick your fingers out for scissors and then switch immediately to a rock?
Add a little voice recognition and you can call out all your attacks, too!
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so what is the maxtrix of which trump which? is it perfectly balanced win/lose so there is no advantage to any one shape, otherwise the lizard and spock additions can't be allowed.
so what is the maxtrix of which trump which?
Surely there must be some way of finding that information.
I believe that sex dolls are being worked on. They have the dead fish (they just lay there) ones now. The movable ones always ready for you are being worked on now.
When the ghost in shell sex dolls are out the world will end. Those models will first seduce you. Then screw your brains out. Then blow your brains out. If you are really unlucky all of that will happen in less then five minutes.
Rock beats scissors. Scissors beats paper. Paper beats rock. Nothing beats a bj.
Lets see the test done with the human hand held still in front of the robot hand and not waving around or flying toward the robot to signal the start of the game, and the gesture not overly-dramatically done, and have the robot triggered from a verbal cue just like the human. Yes, I get that the Japanese love robot tech. But this isn't good robot tech, and it's certainly not good science, it's just rigged pseudo-drama.
It just plain cheats. Or did you mean it cheats in a highly technical manner?
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Trailer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ohtMdfRM-s
...keeps saying, "By your command".
Table-ized A.I.
the additions of hadron collider and zombies is more interesting, and I'm making a slashdot version with Natalie Portman thrown into the mix. Spock and the zombie and the lizard are going to be so pleased......