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May 23, 2011

Why build a CNC mill when you can have a chess robot instead?

by Laura Domela

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Patrick McCabe enjoys the challenge of playing chess against the computer but he wasn’t satisfied with the flat experience of on-screen gaming. No problem, he just built his own gantry-style chess robot that he can play against. via Hackaday

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