Get ₹8.4 Lakh When You Win At Rock-Paper-Scissors: Viral Video Offers Prize Money; but there is a twist

The caption of the November 2 post reads: “$10,000 if you can beat my rock, paper, scissors robot.” The viral video on YouTube managed to get around 25,000 views and to collect numerous comments. Mark Rober, former NASA engineer and CrunchLabs founder, which releases a monthly toy for science enthusiasts, recently released a video demonstrating the capabilities of the rock, paper, scissors robot ₹8.4 lakh. The description says: “CrunchLabs releases a monthly toy delivered to your home that teaches you to think like an engineer.”

He pointed out that there is a trick to winning the game, which, according to one report, allows it to record almost 75 percent of the victory. He described the winning-losing pattern and claimed that following this pattern would increase the chances of winning by 10 percent. According to the pattern, one should follow the rock-paper-scissors pattern if the winning streak continues, otherwise the person should follow the reverse cycle.

He claimed that with his robot “Rocky” the chances of winning were much lower, even if the trick was followed. According to Mark Rober, the chances of winning drop to as low as “0” percent, which is due to, among other things, the hand movement, the position of the pieces and many other factors. Consequently, he concludes that whoever wins against the robot will win a $10,000 prize, but there are better chances of hitting the bull's-eye with the tennis ball than winning against Rocky.

In response to Mark Rober's recent video, one social media user said: “I want to try this robot. I think I can beat this robot.” Another user asked: “Can the toy come to Indonesia?” while another asked: “Will the Crunch Labs Hack Pack ever be available in the UK?”

A fourth user commented: “This channel has devolved into marketing the overpriced Crunch Lab kits for kids and adults.” A fifth user suggested: “You need to make Squirrel Maze #4.” A sixth user noted: “Can “You make it cheaper for Türkiye?” 50 dollars is 2000 TL in Turkey.”

This comes nearly nine years after a Japanese lab developed a robot that can win rock paper scissors with a 100% success rate. The third version of Janken's rock-paper-scissors robot, developed at the Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory in Tokyo, features high-speed tracking technologies “1ms Auto Pan-Tilt” and “Lumipen 2” to increase the field of vision of its advanced robots expand. Speed ​​vision system. This allows it to dynamically follow the human hand and recognize its shape at high speed

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Published: November 3, 2024 6:18 PM IST