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If you’re tired of playing chess on a screen, then perhaps you could create a “real life” chess robot like Michalsky’s augmented board. The build runs micro-Max source code, enabling chess logic to be executed on an Arduino Mega with room for control functions for a 6DOF robotic arm.
The setup uses magnetic pieces, allowing it to pick up human moves via an array of 64 reed switches underneath, along with a couple shift registers. The Mega powers the robot arm accordingly, lifting the appropriate piece and placing it in the correct square to challenge its human opponent.
You can get a look at the project, with gameplay demonstration, in Michalsky’s video below.
