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 aren't fast enough, so sometimes it's just not capable of performing the notes.

"If that light intensity value exceeds a predetermined threshold we know we need to hold down that key and actuate the strum bar after a predetermined delay," explains Ivan Gagne, "while the note travels down the screen to the bottom play line."

The pneumatic fingers hover over the Guitar Hero peripheral, which is housed in an aluminum box frame. The guitar peripheral has also been modified to include a Wiimote inside it.

The idea was to demonstrate Cyth Systems' expertise in integrating different systems, says Andy Long, senior director for the company.

Dark Arcanine via blog.wired.com »