Programming Robot End Effectors for Poor Performance

erco

Who'd have thunk that claw games are rigged, and there are adjustable settings for that?

http://www.vox.com/2015/4/3/8339999/claw-machines-rigged

mindrobots

The Craw?

Martin_H

I've known about this for a while. I saw a video on YouTube where they discussed watching a claw machine being played to determine what the settings were. Once you know that a good player can determine if a machine is worth playing assuming that they'll win the best prize when the machine functions properly.

Electrodude

erco wrote: »

Who'd have thunk that claw games are rigged, and there are adjustable settings for that?

Most of the few I've actually bothered to look at had an actuator holding them open but only a weak-looking spring pulling them shut.

mindrobots wrote: »

The Craw?

Not the Craw, the Craw!!!!
It's sad, I'm probably the only teenager on these forums who actually watches Get Smart.

erco

Earlier this year, I saw a lady casually win something in an arcade claw machine. She won once and walked away. I figured that claw grabbed tighter than most, so I spent a few bucks teaching the twins how to use it. They cleaned up!

prof_braino

Electrodude wrote: »

Not the Craw, the Craw!!!!
It's sad, I'm probably the only teenager on these forums who actually watches Get Smart.

Don't worry, humor has a way of coming back around when its rediscovered by the next generation, so Mel Brooks will never die.