Robots Play Video Games So You Don’t Have To
Guitar Heronoid is the latest in a growing number of video game playing robots, designed to free us from the drudgery of leisure time.
Guitar Heronoid uses optical pattern recognition to monitor the playing screen, and solenoid-driven hands to play an unmodified “Gibson” Guitar Hero controller, passibly jamming through the robot’s favorite game.
While it’s still no threat to your average 8-year-old guitar hero, inventors Rafael Mizrahi and Tal Chalozin are working on an updated version with improved readiness to rock.
With practice, Guitar Heronoid may be able to join an elite cadre of robots that play a coveted “perfect game.” Previous “perfect” gaming robots include legendary Super Mario Brothers Playing Lego Robot, a Lego controller-tickler that blindly, albeit flawlessly, conquers the first level of Super Mario Brothers, and WiigoBot, another Lego/Nintendo combination robot designed to play a perfect game of Wii Bowling.Link (via a suggestion from Randall. Thanks!)
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