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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/
"Freedom in the USA is not the ability to do what you want. It is the ability to stop others from doing what THEY want"
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 dutifully flagged this as a dupe in the firehose before it made it to the front page. Lot of good it did!
See... this is why I use computers for my memory. Wtf was I thinking, quoting the Simpsons on slashdot? Bound to fuck that one up.
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)
Title should read: "Japanese researchers build Rock-paper-scissors robot that cheats 100% of the time"
"If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it." --- Arthur Kasspe
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