Design and implementation of a Voice Controlled chessboard using an X-Y Mechanism

This paper describes the automated chess game using the basic functionality of positing system attached with logic written in the microcontroller board. There are around eight hundred million chess players in the world. This infers that Chess is a game enjoyed by all categories of people. The Categories also include elderly people and differently abled people. These individuals have the intelligence to play chess however their ineptitude to move the coin becomes a struggle. They need support to play this game. The specialized design of a chessboard is implemented to move the coins in an automated environment in order to overcome this struggle. The Design includes a hardware structure embedded with the directions documented in the microcontroller software. A positioning system attached to a magnet moves underneath the chessboard to keep the magnetic coin in the desired position. This positioning system works as per the directions written in the microcontroller software. The inputs for the microcontroller are given through voice commands that are given by the player. This Prototype has optimized the space according to the size of the coins and moves exactly the way a real human moves. The objective of this automated chessboard design is to be able to play using voice-controlled commands. In this design, the chess game will be played by two players with a microphone fitted for both. Once the coins are placed as per their positions, thegame will become hands-free. This will allow the players to enjoy the game without depending on their arms.