There has been no shortage of science fiction that has warned humans that robots would eventually launch a rebellion against us. However, how many of us speculated that the robot uprising may have started with a chess tournament involving a 7-year-old boy in Russia ?
On July 19, a 7-year-old boy was taking on a Russian chess robot during the Moscow Open tournament. The boy only identified as “Christopher” is one of the 30 best “under 9 years old” chess players in Moscow. The boy – a competitor in the Moscow Chess Federation’s youth league – had a piece taken by the robot. The child rushed to make his next move.
Video shows the large mechanical arm playing three simultaneous matches against three different opponents.
The chess-playing robot arm appears to grab the boy’s finger. Several adults attempt to free the boy from the clutches of the robot, but it was too […]
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