Hexapod Robot Taught to Play Piano and Chess

Posted on August 10, 2011

A hexapod robot, named Chiara, has been taught how to play Ode to Joy. The first part of the video is the explanation of how the robot was taught to see the keys and play Ode to Joy. The robot begins playing around the 2:15 mark. Take a look:

Chiara was also taught to play chess. Here a Chiara vs Chiara chess match:

The Chiara robot is an open source educational robot, developed at Carnegie Mellon University's Tekkotsu lab.

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