https://github.com/geekalexis/chess-robot

A chess robot that plays chess using magnets
https://github.com/geekalexis/chess-robot

arduino artificial-intelligence chess chess-robot embedded robotics

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A chess robot that plays chess using magnets

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/geekalexis/chess-robot
• Owner: GeekAlexis
• Created: 2019-03-26T01:44:45.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-08T04:54:13.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-03T03:11:14.884Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: arduino, artificial-intelligence, chess, chess-robot, embedded, robotics
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 526 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# Chess-Robot

## Components

- Each chess piece needs a neodymium magnet attached to the base

- A grid of 64 reed swithes and diodes to localize chess pieces

- 2 stepper motors and 1 servo motor for the 2-axis robotic arm and its magnetic head

- Two Arduino boards are required due to limited GPIO pins  

  - Arduino Mega (sensor reading processing and main control)  

  - Arduino Uno (motor control)  

- 2 seven-segment displays and 1 LCD for the chess clock 

- Sjeng chess engine on an external PC to output AI moves and report invalid moves 

## Features

- Chess clock can respond to sensors and automatically switch side  

- Moves, captures, castling, and pawn promotions are smartly detected and displayed on the LCD 

- Invalid moves can be corrected by a human player  

- Difficulty level and game mode can be adjusted in the Chess Helper app (macOS)

## Supported game modes

- human vs human  

- human vs AI (human white)  

- AI vs human (AI white)  

- AI vs AI  

## Demo (AI vs AI)

[![thumbnail](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QaSgTOTe4k4/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaSgTOTe4k4 "Smart Chess Robot Demo")