This allows it to sample higher than the 60hz refresh rate of the iPad screen. There’s an iPhone 6+ overhead that does image processing – this runs a custom app using the GPU based on Apple’s RosyWriter sample code so it can handle frames at 120fps. you’re totally jaded :) I built this after my 7 year old daughter showed me Piano Tiles and I figured I could beat it with a robot. Ok, first – it’s not a marketing gimmick. Posted in Robots Hacks Tagged game-playing robot, iphone, robot, video game Post navigation But this one is the first that we can recall that makes use of a machine’s extraordinary dexterity, and that’s pretty cool. We’ve seen robots playing video games before, of course, more than a few times. (Or maybe we’ve just become too jaded.) That said, it’s still cool. We suspect, based on the fact that the narrator mentions the phone-camera’s speed, one of their chief marketing gimmicks, that we’re being virally marketed to. , if you’re out there, we could use some more details on that part. An overhead iPhone serves as a camera and must be doing some kind of image processing. Motor drivers and some kind of microprocessor (is that a Teensy?) drive them. ![]() Four large servo motors have conductive-foam pads on the end of sticks that trigger hits on the iPad. ![]() Check out the linked video to see what we mean.ĭetails on the bot are scarce, but it’s not all that hard to see how it works. So while it starts out merely impressive that ’s robotic fingers can play an iPad piano video game, it ends up actually hilarious. For the classic expression, see Chaplin’s “Modern Times”. Machines running out of control are one of the staples of comedy.
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