What good is a 1-millisecond advantage? For humans, not much, but for a Japanese robot, it’s means victory every time…at least when it comes to the game of rock-paper-scissors. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a janken (rock-paper-scissors) robot, that analyzes the shape of an opponent’s hand mid-play using high-speed video processing and counters in 1 millisecond with the winning move.
Every. Single. Time.
via Singularity Hub
July 18, 2012
