The Development of an Intelligent Robot Arm Playing chess with Human-Robot Interaction

Artificial Intelligence has grown significantly more complex and powerful than ever. Numerous top-tier techno companies compete strictly with high effort that enhances the quality of life and is making attempts to put their hands on this latest technology. Recreational activities play a significant role in every man's life, and thus, applying technology to this domain motivates development and paves the path to finding new values. AI has long been used as the engine for computation-heavy tasks, such as strategically demanding games like chess. Though the complexity of AI chess engines has reached its peak in recent years, direct face-to-face interaction between the players seems more appealing to the mate checkers. Compared to tapping on the screen, it is many times more attractive that chess players can physically go against a real-life robot in a competitive match. Such interaction would be further humanoid and further comfortable. This paper's main topic is constructing a physically capable Chess-Playing system powered by AI to compete against the player. The foundation of the Chess Robot is based on the combination of mechanical mechanisms, AI engine, and 3D computer vision. The system is constructed with the model Reactor X150 robot, a 5-DOF ROS-controlled Mechanical Arm made by Troussen Robotics. The powerful open-source chess engine Stockfish, is the brain for computing the chess moves. The Norm algorithm detects the player's move through an attached camera by analyzing the differences between the before and after images. The robot makes the game much more interactive and builds a link between the human and computer systems.