Finally, a spectacular board was coded in such a fashion that the pieces don’t collide when they move automatically,” says Aatur Mehta, co-founder. “Several prototypes, many exhibitions, exhaustive feedback and numerous nights have gone into simplifying the design of Square Off. It was on display at CES 2018, in the Eureka Park exhibit area for startups.
The computer element of the device – now described as “AI powered”, of course – also has 20 difficulty levels so can train yourself to play better chess. I can’t see an actual price, but campaign backers were paying £170 for a board. The message on the website says “We are currently fulfilling our first batch” and they are taking preorders for more. It seems they are still in initial fulfilment stage. Is it actually shipping? As mentioned, they ran a successful KickStarter campaign at the end of 2016, and around 800 backers pledged £170K to help bring the project to life.
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The Square Off app runs on both Android and iOS. It runs on a 2200 mAh Li-io battery (apparently with enough charge for 50 games).Ī smaller board measures 486 x 486 x 75mm, and a larger one measures 621 x 486 x75mm. It’s powered by an Atmel ATMega2560 chip with Bluetooth comms. How does it work? The board uses a 2-axis robotic arm with a magnetic head beneath the box to move the magnetic peices. See Arduino powers remote chess moves in (almost) real time.Īnd back in August 2016, we highlighted a Raspberry Pi chess system to control the movement of pieces on the board. In June 2013 we highlighted on Gadget Master an Arduino-based system that used wireless comms to physically move chess pieces. And they are not the first to have it, but it seems they are first to market with a commercial product.
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