Do you fail at Guitar Hero? Can't beat TTFAF on expert? Perhaps you should get yourself a Cythbot and no, it doesn't use the force.

The Cythbot is comprised of a camera for vision pneumatic fingers for playing the popular video game series Guitar Hero.

So why make a perfect Guitar Hero player? To show off what the company is capable of doing.

So far the bot has managed to hit 98%, one percent higher than one of the best human players in the world. The problem is that the fingers are...

Dark Arcanine via blog.wired.com »

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We've seen a lot of Guitar Hero bots in our time, but we're pretty certain that Mechanized Rock's take on shredding automatons is something special. The system -- dubbed DeepNote -- actually watches the on-screen action with "eyes" that it uses to analyze notes, which the bot then plays in real-time. Using photodiodes aimed at the screen, the components pick up changes in light within eight nanoseconds, then convert that information to brazen, parent-shocking, full-throttle rock n' roll. ..."

Deathsythe via www.engadget.com »