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Re: Anyone for Chess?
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:08:17 GMT
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Chris Magno <cmagno@rogers.comNOSPAM>
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Andy:
> > Do you know if there are actual player -vs.- computer chess boards that
> > operate like this or is yours the first one?
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> I remember seeing one about 10 years ago,
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:
http://www.ryde.demon.co.uk/realmedia/phantom.htm
Chris
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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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| (...) 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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