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| (...) I remember seeing one about 10 years ago, but I don't think it was very popular because of the speed and accracy. I beleive it used a touch sensor grid to detect moves, rather than scanning the board for changes. To move pieces out of the way, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Andy: (...) Yep, many years ago I wanted a "new" chess board. It did what your RCX robot does. It was called Phantom Chess -- 6100 by Milton Bradly. Even then it was very expensive. (about $1200 CAN) a link is here: (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Fantastic - Thanks for the link! Do you own one? The Phantom robot really moves quickly doensn't it - I suppose that's the advantage of dedicated engineering over Lego. After a quick web search (and lots of Andrew Lloyd Webber references) I (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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