Playing Nine Men's Morris with the Humanoid Robot Nao

S. Bock, R. Klöbl, T. Hackl, O. Aichholzer, and G. Steinbauer

Abstract:

Playing games is an important aspect in human life in order to develop skills or in terms of entertainment. Games also play a major role in research such as Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. In this paper we present an approach to enable the humanoid robot Nao to play a board game against a human opponent. We discuss the challenges that arise by the task of playing a board game with a humanoid robot, provide solutions for the Nao, and introduce our proof-of-concept implementation for the board game Nine Men's Morris. Finally, we will present a first experimental evaluation of the approach. The main contribution of this paper is the integration of various techniques into one real robot system, enabling it to manage a complex task such as playing a board game.



Reference: S. Bock, R. Klöbl, T. Hackl, O. Aichholzer, and G. Steinbauer. Playing Nine Men's Morris with the Humanoid Robot Nao. In Proc. Austrian Robotics Workshop (AWS 2014), pages 58-63, Linz, Austria, 2014.

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