engadget.com — While most folks can impress their friends simply by running a few lines of code that instantly turns their Wiimote into a make-believe light saber or drum machine, when you work for a place called US Mechatronics, you're pretty much required to raise the stakes a bit. Heeding that call, a pair of employees at the company decided to take the (relat
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s1adeJan 26, 2007
The person swings the wiimote. Computer records the swing and matches it to pre-stored swing patterns. The robot arm has not moved at all yet.Computer plays the pre-stored pattern to the robot arm controller.Not realtime, its like painting by numbers. If the number says "paint this red" it dosent matter what shade of red you choose. If you swing a slightly different overarm each time, the robot will play EXACTLY the same overarm pattern assuming the original was close enough to match.Was all explained above, but obviously not in simple enough terms :-P
xorsistJan 26, 2007
Nice job ellisgj, nice job.
phort99Jan 26, 2007
Wow, even if I was the one holding the Wii-mote, I still wouldn't trust THAT thing with a sword. Maybe I'm just paranoid about the upcoming robot rebellion.
benjhollaFeb 26, 2007
I think it would be pretty awsome to get two of those, and create a two player rock'em sock'em robots style game with swords.
efilnikufesinJan 19, 2008
Am I the only one who sees the possibility for Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots?
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