AAAI 2011 Robotics, Robot Chess Challenge

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smatovic
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AAAI 2011 Robotics, Robot Chess Challenge

Post by smatovic »

found in the web:

http://chiara-robot.org/Challenge/
Playing criteria:

* 2 minutes to make move and clear play area without penalty; five minutes results in forfeit of move and manual removal of robot
* A game is 10 legal moves on each side (in the interest of time)
* 3 forfeited moves forfeits the game
* Pieces must be placed completely within a legal square, and no other piece may be left in an illegal position. Violations may be corrected by a human referee with a point penalty.

Scoring (Tentative)

Winner of this level has the highest score. Scoring criteria include:

* 150 points for each successful move within time allotment
* 10 deduction for each piece that must be repositioned by referee
* 25 points for each piece captured

Extra points are awarded for the following features:

* Verbally announcing each move
* Verbally announcing the opponent's move
* Detecting mis-placed pieces

Are there Extra Points for Castling? ;-)

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Robert Flesher
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Re: AAAI 2011 Robotics, Robot Chess Challenge

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You may find this very interesting.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFf7ubJBdus
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Re: AAAI 2011 Robotics, Robot Chess Challenge

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You may find this very interesting.
:-)

great how Kramnik tried to cheat the machine.

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Tom Barrister
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Re: AAAI 2011 Robotics, Robot Chess Challenge

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smatovic wrote:
You may find this very interesting.
:-)

great how Kramnik tried to cheat the machine.

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Re: AAAI 2011 Robotics, Robot Chess Challenge

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Grischuk against the same robot : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4L0luQR ... re=related
Robert Flesher wrote:You may find this very interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFf7ubJBdus