Anthropomorphic robot shows off its Rock, Paper, Scissors-playing skills
By Laura June 
posted February 22nd 2009 10:45AM
posted February 22nd 2009 10:45AM
BERTI (built by a partnership of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and Elumotion Ltd.) is a fully automated robotic torso designed to perform "credible conversational gestures." The robot is capable of quite complex hand movements, and, in the demonstration video above, plays a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with a fine gentleman wearing a Goldfinger t-shirt, becoming another addition to the long line of gaming bots. Hit the read link to find out more info about BERTI and the project.
[Via Robots.net]
even people who play this game are boring, why would we need a robot for that?!
cause they were bored playing with humans and decided to make a robot to play with?
Alas! You uncultured hooligan! Any true gentleman will inform you: rock paper scissors is the only honourable way to settle a disagreement.
It shouldn't be possible to beat the robot at this game.
The robot should be able to scan your motions and develop a trend pattern to calculate your emotion and your hand movements BEFORE you throw out your gesture. It should be able to read your gesture and then change its own gesture to a gesture that trumphs your gesture in a matter of microseconds. Since it takes longer for the human brain to react than the machine's, the robot should be able to win every single time.
Now lets give it a connection to a nuclear stockpile.
Yes but can it play Rock Paper Scissors Level 101? http://www.umop.com/rps101/rps101chart.html
This student takes his distance, why? Because the other ones got too close and discovered that when the robot loses he rips his opponent's arms (very much like Wookees)
The robot is cheating properly he do slowly !
"It's a bore"
How about a nice game of chess?
No, let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
"I win"
The only winning move is, not to play.
@ Blackstar:
But if anybody else decides to play, the robot will be able to say:
"You lose"
@ Mobius_1
*sigh.
I think someone needs to go back and watch "Wargames" again, if they haven't already.
is it capable of the infamous "third finger" gesture?
There is something ominous about hearing that robot say "I win".
As if some day when he is looking over the endless fields of his human slaves, these words will be muttered again.
I for one welcome our future robot overlords!
I second that. BTW did anyone else notice how its voice is almost an exact copy of HAL? I could almost imagine how that faceless drone on the picture says "Hello, doctor Chandra".
Don't agree about the welcome though. If a pile of sheet metal and wires wants to dominate my evolved ass it's gotta work for it. And work hard.
DIE HuMAN
The voice is a stock pattern - you buy it the way it is - it's recognizable because if you google other applications that use voice or speech, it's just a generic wav file now...
Rock smashes scissors, scissors cut paper, paper covers rock, robot overthrows humanity.
I dont see any hand movements made by the bot. Unless the "human" is the bot?! Can anyone say CYLONS?!?!
Teach it to play and score "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock" and THEN I'll be impressed!
Exactly my thoughts, maybe even give it a shirt....
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/generic/b597/
Just wait till these things can play video games, then we will wish all they knew was "rock, paper, errorrs"
Is it just me, or when the robot says 'I win' you get a shiver down your spine that sends you into a future apocalyptic daydream?
Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
It's a draw
I win
Complete nuclear annihilation is immanent
this HAL2000 voice still scares the cr@ppe out of me :D
Did you seriously just say HAL2000?
Thi robot would be alot cooler if it played rock paper ... flamethrower
I want it, I need it, sell it to me now.
Can I program it to use a gun?
Scared now? You should be; because if (when?) this thing will become dangerous it will not be its fault, or even the fault of those who buld it: as always it will be the fault of some moron misusing a useful technology.
Funny, I thought the "I Win" "You Win" sounded like WOPR from (one of my all time favorite movies), War Games. Remember kiddies, "the only winning move it not to play".
See my comment above! ;)
Crap
here come skynet!
Sarah Connor just got her new mission.
Whats wrong with the guys left hand, it seemingly morphs from four fingers down to three. nice robot tho/
I was expecting more "I for one, welcome our _______ robot overlords" coments
I, for one, welcome our Anthropomorphic, Rock - Paper - Scissors-playing robot overlords...
Sorry, I couldn't help it...
Hey, The guy is using a P5 to interact with it!!! I still have mine! :D
this is so wrong :P
So is your avatar
I like yours :P share?
I get the feeling that if the robot loses a few times in a row, he'll get angry and bust up the place.
Yep but the real test of its intelligence is how does it do playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spock, Lizard?
http://www.samkass.com/theories/RPSSL.gif
If it can play that I will be impressed.