What is the problem being addressed?
Our goal for this project is to create a chess playing robot arm.
This project is inspired by a Software Engineer named Joseph Hoane who played in the famous chess match against Garry Kasparov.
We aim to use computer vision, robotics and a Universal Robots robot arm to achieve our goal.
What is your project idea and how will it work (what are its components etc)
Our project consists of three core phases. First, we integrated the Stockfish chess engine due to its strength and reliability. Second, we’re developing a computer vision system using a basic webcam to recognize the board state and relay it to Stockfish. Lastly, we aim to enable a robotic arm to move pieces based on the engine’s output. We're currently trying out experiments on the Universal Robot arm in the lab.