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WizardChess
WizardChess allows you to play chess with your friends all over the world - on a physical board. You can control the pieces with your voice and see them collapse when they are defeated. WizardChess has the potential to make Chess cool again.
Keywords: Chess, Magnetism, Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Raspberry Pi
We welcome all interested students to participate. Experience in a technical field such as mechanical/electrical engineering/robotics or computer science is preferred. Design skills would also be a useful addition to our team.
We welcome all interested students to participate. Experience in a technical field such as mechanical/electrical engineering/robotics or computer science is preferred. Design skills would also be a useful addition to our team.
We aim to build a physical, smart chess board that is connected to the cloud, and is built using 3D printing. The key features are
- magnetic movement of the chess pieces
- advanced speech recognition
- online platform for matching and playing against other players
- 3D printing of chess pieces and customization In the past many university teams, in particular as projects in mechanical engineering classes, have built smart chess boards. However, they have not become available for common people. They have also mostly been too big for home use.
Having a smart chess board has the potential to make chess cool again for the young generation which is used to playing on the phone, and would enjoy the added digital features of WizardChess. Besides that, in our generation nearly everyone knows Harry Potter and it has been a dream of many to imitate the movies' Wizard's chess, which created one of the most memorable scenes.
We want to start by first implementing the magnetic movement and the voice control. Commands should be recognized even when playing in a room with other people, such as in a small tournament.
Then we will proceed to add an AI that players can challenge, and that would ideally chat with the players using chat bot technology. We will also add an online platform to allow players with a board to play remotely against their friends who might or might not have a physical WizardChess board themselves.
Finally, we want to make different designs of pieces that users can download and that can be 3D-printed.
We aim to build a physical, smart chess board that is connected to the cloud, and is built using 3D printing. The key features are - magnetic movement of the chess pieces - advanced speech recognition - online platform for matching and playing against other players - 3D printing of chess pieces and customization In the past many university teams, in particular as projects in mechanical engineering classes, have built smart chess boards. However, they have not become available for common people. They have also mostly been too big for home use.
Having a smart chess board has the potential to make chess cool again for the young generation which is used to playing on the phone, and would enjoy the added digital features of WizardChess. Besides that, in our generation nearly everyone knows Harry Potter and it has been a dream of many to imitate the movies' Wizard's chess, which created one of the most memorable scenes. We want to start by first implementing the magnetic movement and the voice control. Commands should be recognized even when playing in a room with other people, such as in a small tournament.
Then we will proceed to add an AI that players can challenge, and that would ideally chat with the players using chat bot technology. We will also add an online platform to allow players with a board to play remotely against their friends who might or might not have a physical WizardChess board themselves.
Finally, we want to make different designs of pieces that users can download and that can be 3D-printed.
We are three ETH students, 2 in Computer Science and one in Interdisciplinary Science.
We are three ETH students, 2 in Computer Science and one in Interdisciplinary Science.
Please contact Jonathan Lehner if you want more info about our plans: lehnerj@student.ethz.ch.
Please contact Jonathan Lehner if you want more info about our plans: lehnerj@student.ethz.ch.
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https://www.ethz.ch/sph
The Student Project House is a creative think- and makespace open for all students at ETH Zurich. With this initiative, the school aims to provide the necessary ressources to lower the barrier for students to pursue their own project ideas. The industry of today requires individuals with strong initiative, that are used to critically assess ideas and to work in interdisciplinary teams.
https://www.ethz.ch/sph
Note on scholarship and compensation
The SPH Projects are student-driven initiatives and do not apply to any scholarship and are not subject to any compensation.
The SPH Projects are student-driven initiatives and do not apply to any scholarship and are not subject to any compensation.