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This robot will beat you in air hockey all day

Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
edited 2013-06-15 12:47 in General Discussion
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/air-hockey-robot-beat-air-hockey-day-195536279.html

Our robot overlords are coming, and they’re really good at leisure games. In an apparent effort to create a Skynet scenario in which humankind is demoted to second-banana status in the evolutionary food chain, researchers at the Namiki Lab in Japan’s Chiba University have crafted a robot that plays air hockey like, well, a robot. A smart, powerful, tireless robot who exists purely to beat humans in air hockey.
Behold the chilling video evidence:

Comments

  • TinkersALotTinkersALot Posts: 535
    edited 2013-06-14 16:00
    Nah, I would so waste that machine at air hockey
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-06-14 17:06
    Let's see them make one that can beat humans at football!!! My first thought was Basketball but I remembered seeing that is what the First robots do.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-06-15 05:12
    Air hockey is ideal for a robot to lord it over a human via faster reaction times and higher velocity responses. Try Foosball instead.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2013-06-15 12:47
    I'd like to see two of them play against each other.
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