Gojomo: I, for one, welcome our Wii-trained sword-wielding... *swish* *slash* 'Ayyyyye!'


Gojomo

2007-01-27

«Posted 1/27/2007 06:19:00 PM»

I, for one, welcome our Wii-trained sword-wielding... *swish* *slash* 'Ayyyyye!'

YouTube: WiiBot

We took an industrial robot, strapped a tennis racket and a sword to it, and put it under the control of a WiiMote. We ran very light pattern recognition on the WiiMote, so it would copy our sword swings.

Previously: I, for one, welcome our new... *rat-tat-tat-tat-tat*

Tags: scary, robots, wii, swords, save+us,+john+connor, youtube

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