Want to play a game of pool with me? (Patreon)
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I've been working on a robotic pool cue for some time now. My goal has been to combine computers and robots and humans to make me superhuman at pool. I was explaining the idea to a friend and he said that is cool, but what would be really cool would be to use system to play a game of pool over the internet. Now if you're like me you're not sure how this makes sense. Here's the rough idea:
1. Write an application that shares a top down view of the pool table over the internet2. An opponent on their web browser directs the cue and selects the shot power3. The projection system on my pool table tells me where to hold the cue4. The robot executes the shot on command from the user (FIRE!)5. When its my turn I take my shot with a normal cue like a noob (or alternatively I use the automated computer vision system to crush my opponent).
This sounds like a really fun application of the robot cue so I am starting to build it now. What I need is opponents. If you are interested and have ~30 minutes to play a virtual game of pool against me, fill out the linked form. I probably wont have time to play with everyone so I will be selecting randomly from the applications. Also, this will be a v1 system so I can't guarantee that it will work flawlessly. In fact, given my track record, I can almost guarantee that it wont perfectly. In any case it should be fun :)