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blog.wired.com - 11/22/2008

Guitar Hero Robot Belts Out a Neat Tune

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Say hello to the latest rock star on the block: the Cythbot The Cythbot combines a camera with a vision processing system and pneumatic fingers to create a robot that can play the popular Guitar Hero video game by itself. The Cythbot is not a single humanoid robot but instead a ...

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youtube.com - 11/21/2008

Cyth Guitar Hero Cult of Personality Un-cut (video)

— youtube.com — Cyth Systems Guitar Hero Playing machine codename "CythBot".Watch in HiQuality!This video shows Cult of Personality, our best... song, uncut, scoring ... (more) Cyth Guitar Hero Cult of Personality Un-cut (video)

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spectrum.ieee.org - 11/21/2008

IEEE Spectrum: For those without hands, there's Air Guitar Hero

— spectrum.ieee.org — 20 November 2008—Rehabilitation specialists have taken to Nintendo’s Wii game console as a way to help motivate... patients during physical therapy and rehabilitation. The latest addition to the Wii-hab phenomenon is perhaps its coolest— Air Guitar Hero ... (more) IEEE Spectrum: For those without hands, there's Air ...

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gizmodo.com - 11/30/2008

Crazy Guy Beats Guitar Hero 3 Using Drums [Guitar Hero]

— gizmodo.com — If you have ever tried to play the guitar using drumsticks, you were probably drinking the same... paint thinner as I was drinking, because it's impossible. Unless you are playing with Guitar Hero III. And you have a custom midi controller designed ... (more) Crazy Guy Beats Guitar Hero 3 Using Drums [Guitar Hero]

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Suck at Guitar Hero? Buy this Robot [Cheater]
Kotaku — ... by a dad who set up an optics device to play Guitar Hero and finally defeat his son. Lots more technical discussion at the link. Guitar Hero Robot Plays Video Game With Electronic Precision [Wired]

Guitar Hero-playing robot takes on Cult of Personality
Joystiq — ... If you needed further proof that we're quickly approaching the day when robots will outperform humans in all our endeavors, you may want to turn your attention to a tech demo for the Guitar Hero-playing "Cythbot", which we've posted after the jump. ...

Cythbot, pneumatic Guitar Hero
Hack a Day — ... Here’s yet another robot hoping to dominate the human race through the power of ROCK. Cythbot was built to demonstrate Cyth Systems machine vision systems. The device uses a camera to watch the Guitar Hero monitor and identify notes for button presses. The strum bar is then triggered after a delay. The notes are identified solely by pixel intensity since star power can cause them to change shape and color. All button presses are done using pneumatics. The whole system is ...

Robot excels at playing Guitar Hero
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... If you play Activision's Guitar Hero competitively, you might struggle to beat Cythbot, which can score 99%, and typically manages 75-80%. It's not a humanoid robot but an electromechanical device developed by Cyth Systems to show off its expertise in image processing and integration at exhibitions etc. The input comes from a camera focused on the screen, and the notes are played by pneumatic fingers. Wired Blogs explains how it works. ...