Industrial Robot vs Sword Master

[Quiff]

From chess to Japanese shogi, various battles between human and computers have been highlighted in the past decade; now it's time for Japanese Iaido.

Yaskawa Electronic Coporation from Japan has invited a sword master, Machii Isao, who's known for his accuracy in Iaido, and has performed swordplay on many Japanese TV Shows, to join their Yaskawa Bushido Project. Using the motion capture technology, they were able to recreate Machii Isao's sword skills on an industrial robot.

[video=youtube;O3XyDLbaUmU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XyDLbaUmU[/video]

 

[knarfeng]

Impressive.

 

[benchwarmer380]

Very cool video.
The lima bean cut was very clean

These little creatures make it so simple.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Pretty dang cool. I like that they didn't try making a John Henry moment of it but rather an attempt to capture the essence of Isao's movements.

 

[155440]

Pretty dang cool. I like that they didn't try making a John Henry moment of it but rather an attempt to capture the essence of Isao's movements.

This. I thought it was very tastefully done.

 

[nicktheman]

Metal gear rising

 

[The Aflac Duck]

Now they just need to teach it how to flip a balisong

Very cool though!

 

[stezann]

And you should see the same robot forging a katana