Roombo Robot vacuum cleaners are back, and they’re playing one of the most classical games in the history of video games: Pac-Man.
Several students from Colorado University programmed five robots to efficiently play a game of Pac-Man. They play on a virtual maze, with position tracking that eliminates the need of any sensors for walls. There is one Pac-Man, four ghosts. The ghosts can sense each other, so they never collide, and the ghosts work autonomously. When Pac-Man is running around, they go into chase mode, trying to catch the yellow blob. As soon as Pacman grabs one of the four power pellets on the field, however, they do everything to evade the monster trying to eat them. All the while, Pac-Man is controlled by a human player on a joystick.
Overall, it’s an amazing physical remake of an awesome game.
+10
