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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by cratermoon on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:18PM (#28055458)
Where's the robot that can actually pick up and move pieces on standard chessboard, with no special guidelines or restrictions on pieces?
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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by jpindar on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @09:42PM (#28056327)
Seriously?

There's lots of them on YouTube. Here's one with two different robots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65YDAXfSAWw

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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by cratermoon on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:40AM (#28057594)
Nope. Those are pre-programmed to know "the board is here", "the pieces start here". Give them a random (but still legal) position, ask them to make the best legal move. See if they can even find a piece

Quick test: replace any pawn with a queen. See if the bot notices.

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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by jpindar on Thursday August 05, 2021 @12:09PM (#28075713)
There are plenty of other videos that demonstrate computer vision detecting chess pieces.
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