JediBot uses Kinect to control lightsaber

You spent countless hours locked in lightsaber battles with partners while growing up. What happens when there is no one left to play with you, because they are all tasks and infants? You can create your own Star Wars Playboy playmates.

Students of the University of Stanford programmed robotic arm, dubbed JediBot. Bright orange red foam shoulder spill lightsaber forms against a human opponent. It disables surprisingly snappy attacks with some decent robotic arm it.
It is easy to create a robot that goes on the offensive, but another build one capable of defending well. This is where Microsoft Kinect arrives. Opposing lightsaber is green, so that you can receive on Kinect sensors which is in space. JediBot uses this information to plan his defensive maneuvers.

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Robotic arm--which you can Swing his Sword, after every two to three seconds--was created on a course of experimental Robotics 3.5-week. The class also produced robot grills beef-and even adds ketchup. To JediBot better if you can only draw the fighting, and then offered you tasty cheeseburger.
It's about time that someone a wonderful Star Wars action figure, which really calls the action. All of which are missing are the awesome sound effects. Good thing, which has already been the practice. Wuumph! Zzzsh! Zzzsh!

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