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Should have said '15 minutes of frame'...yeah...I know....that sucks...


"and blew it. At least it’s good to know that we can take our robotic overlords at something, anyway."

Well now we know what to gamble controll of the world with! When the robot overlords begin to rise we shall challange them to a game of bowling for the fate of all the human race! (Except Martha Stewert. They can have her.)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/Dec 19th 2005 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/Dec 19th 2005 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/Dec 19th 2005 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/Dec 19th 2005 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/01/bowling-machine-no-match-for-humankind/
Then there is humidity conditions, synthetic or wood lanes, type of lights (tungsten, florescent, etc...) amount of smoke (yep, effects the oil), etc.... Hell, a robot (or most programmers) wouldn't know this, but a good bowler will know that the closer you are to an outside wall of the building, the faster the lanes will break down.

Then we can discuss the machanics of the pin setters, but you would be bored. But we can leave it at the fact that they are not 100% accurate and can routinely place each pin up to 1/2" off spot. Multiple that by 10 and figure out how different each rack can be.

It is quite simplistic to say that since it is played indoors, that nothing changes. A bowling lane changes from hour to hour about as dramatically as a golf course does.

Throwing the ball is the easy part in bowling. Knowing where to throw it when is where a good bowler steps apart from the pack (especially on Sport conditions, not the slotted conditions most league bowlers bowl on, where you just throw the ball anywhere and it will hit the pocket.) A good bowler is learning from each shot and is adjusting the next one based on the knowledge of the first one.

If I were to design a machine to actually beat a human bowler in a 3 game match, it would not only have to be able to throw the ball, it would have to have cameras to detect angle, speed, rotation, trajectory and reaction. And it would have to be able to take all that information, store it and make adjustments based on the past balls it has thrown.

I am pretty sure this machine can't do that yet. :)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM