Robot Rock Paper Scissors
Pop Quiz: Who do you think won this janken (rock-paper-scissors) match?
A. The human, because scissors can't cut rock
B. The robot, because robot hands can cut anything
C. Neither
Photo courtesy of Yahoo! News
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October 21, 2007
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Here in the mainland US, we call it Rock, Paper, Scissors. In Hawaii, its called Jan Ken Po. In Japan, its called janken. Ive also heard it called roshambo. Either way, its the classic way to determine who goes first,... [Read More]
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well I hope that when it loses it wont kill the human player like the chess computer the soviets made.
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks/8.75.html
(bottom article)
Posted by: Dragonfang18 | October 22, 2007 at 10:48 PM