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Teaching a miniature robotic manipulator to play chess

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

John D. Hoffman and
Eric M. Malstrom
John D. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (U.S.A.)
Eric M. Malstrom
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (U.S.A.)
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Summary

This paper describes a project that addressed teaching a miniature robotic manipulator to play chess. This task was accomplished by interfacing a Microbot Minimover 5 robot and its Radio Shack TRS-80 control computer to a set of chessboard contacts and a Fidelity Electronics Chess Challenger 7 microcomputer. An extensive control program and interface circuitry were designed to enable each of the major components of the system to electronically communicate with one another.

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Robotica , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1983, pp. 197 - 203
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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References

1.Hill, John D., “Introducing the Minimover 5” Robotics Age 2, No. 2 (Summer 1980).Google Scholar
2.Minimover 5 User Reference and Applications Manual (Microbot, Inc., 1259 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California, 94065, 1980).Google Scholar
3.Owner's Manual and Instruction Booklet Model BCC Chess Challenger (Fidelity Electronics Ltd., 8800 NW 36th Street, Miami, Florida, 33178, 1980).Google Scholar