spectrum.ieee.org - 11/21/2008
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spectrum.ieee.org —
20 November 2008—Rehabilitation specialists have taken to Nintendo’s
Wii game console as a way to help motivate
patients during physical therapy and rehabilitation. The latest addition to the Wii-hab phenomenon is perhaps its coolest— Air Guitar Hero ...
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IEEE Spectrum: For those without hands, there's Air ...
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Guitar Hero Robot Belts Out a Neat Tune
Wired: Gadget Lab —
Say hello to the latest rock star on the block: the Cythbot
The Cythbot combines a camera with a vision processing system and pneumatic fingers to create a robot that can play the popular Guitar Hero video game by itself.
The Cythbot is not a single humanoid robot but instead a collection of components cleverly patched together to create an automated device that can read the notes flowing on a screen and play it--mimicking what a gamer can do with the title.
Since its launch in 2005, video game publisher Activision's Guitar Hero series has become a blockbuster hit. The game comes with a ...
Cythbot: The World’s Best Guitar Hero Player Hands Down (video)
GadgetReview —
Just because. Yup, that’s kinda what the Cythbot is all about, which is being a kick ass Guitar Hero player. Ok, so it’s actually a bit more about robotics but beyond that it can play the crap out of Guitar Hero. Using a combination of a camera, computer and “pneumatic fingers” fingers, the Cythbot is able to read the on screen queues - in this case it’s the colored Guitar Hero buttons - and play them accordingly. Check the video below for a complete demonstration.
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