Wireless Arduino Powered Chess

Our goal is to allow people to connect and play board games with each other from anywhere in the world. By combing a physical board with modern technology, we hope to bring a more interpersonal experience that is not achieved through a computer screen. See our other videos for a look inside the system and how moves such as castling and en passant are handled.

[@ikking9041]

I can imagine people who play with those chess boards in parks alone would love this! Great job guys!

[@foxdroad]

There are tiny men with magnets underneath the tables

[@andreascarlsson9343]

Are you being serious?

[@foxdroad]

obviously not 77

[@andreascarlsson9343]

Good.

[@haji3787]

Andreas Carlsson Genius

[@thomazbp8333]

Paul Verlain oompa loompas

[@Steele514]

When are you guys making Ouija boards?

[@crisitoadvincula]

Very witty project!! :) This means you can also play alone by programming an AI to play with you :)

[@jaydabhi364]

Cris Jr. Advincula true....very good concept..

[@akshaykadam3746]

Can you share code for peice detection

[@madzag]

can you do a behind the scenes video where you show the midgets moving the magnets under the table?

[@MrSaemichlaus]

In the "Technorama", which is a technical/scientific museum here in Switzerland, there's a setup like a table with sand on it and a metal ball is dragged through the sand with magnets too. They make beautiful patterns in the sand that way.

[@docwunder]

please tell us how it works: - how are pieces detected ? - how are pieces moved ? - what is the program looking like?

[@louisleemans3982]

my guess: -hall sensors -2 axis rail system with electromagnet -whatever

[@docwunder]

@@louisleemans3982 well, actually I didn't mean a guess, just facts ;-)

[@louisleemans3982]

@@docwunder just trying to help, i'm making one of those chess boards right now and thats how i'm doing it.

[@yash4697]

@@docwunder well its some guy underneath the table with magnet moving it

[@yash4697]

and there are cutscene too so its more likely to be fake

[@elmoking9890]

this is REALLY cool. i am so glad someone has done it--and done it well, too! all it needs now is some screen or alert function. maybe it would tell a player the other has made a move, then they hit a button, and the machine plays out the move. great work guys. keep it up!

[@Sepharite]

1) It seems pretty simple if they're mapping it out square by square, each piece containing a NFC chip and a magnet. 2) Magnets.

[@pepper669]

This is awesome! Want. Btw: You can distribute a little corn starch (yes, corn starch) on the board to make the pieces move a little smoother.

[@scarekrow9]

It's good to see technology finally catching up to the ideas I had as a child..

[@stumblevideoguy33]

Jumanji!

[@ardy680]

+LucidDreams dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum

[@stuyg86]

Even though I don't play chess that was one of the coolest things I've ever seen

[@Steampunk360]

Amazing Job. I love how the paths are chosen. Simple and clean.

[@Medjayon]

This is revolutionary tbh.

[@198x]

Seeing as the two opening moves were both pawns, I'd say yes he did.

[@zenniz1992]

Damn, that is high level engineering and programming.

[@CheneyFJ]

I love how people comment with no idea what they're looking at. Cool arduino project

[@angonbing]

I have a magazine article from 1951 that described exactly this as 'the technology of tomorrow'

[@SN4YZE]

Awesome. Would definitely buy this.

[@zc456]

Gives whole new meaning to multiplayer.

[@tobortine]

Very cool indeed, true innovation.

[@sxysumer2154]

Holyshiit this is like the most brilliant idea ever!

[@TheMrFrontera]

yellow moved his knight second move, the arduino took the knight through the pawns. it was pretty cool

[@lucaspop4176]

Please, open source it!

[@prakashpatel72]

Great ! Awesome ! Nice Use of Techonology. Great Arduino !

[@mathboy1212]

That is absolutely incredible

[@DAAI741]

Chess 1.1.1 Update notes + Added Multiplayer

[@madzag]

+Adam Brown that feature was long overdue

[@hugopalmava]

Im guessing an electromagnet underneath the table with X and Y movement capabilites and two cameras one on top of each table for tracking and processing the game?

[@njay2752]

Hugo Palma or two humans with their hands under the table moving the magnets of the pieces around?

[@mrshadowcristal]

@Pocomocoloco Well of course there are magnets, the point is the computer (arduino) is moving the pieces in responce the pieces movement.

[@sommergarten]

might there be someone under the table?!? ;) hehehe

[@JJose-22]

lol

[@jj-vi5ci]

i have zero interest in chess, but this is one of the coolest things ive ever seen :]

[@IceHedge]

These guys just hit something big I think. Can you imagine having this thing in your bedroom, and a friend has their's connected miles away(through bluetooth or routers or whatever) and you passively play eachother throughout the day? Oh wait.. darn you Facebook Apps.

[@labater21]

Nice idea and implementation! Greetings from Greece! Keep up with the good work :)

[@Akhilkapz]

that was just great ! loved it !

[@Bender4411]

It's all about the flow of electrons.

[@chickenpoper]

It can because all you have to do have the arduino know all the pieces and where they are at first. You could then have the arduino track their places when the game is finished etc. so it could be automatically reset.

[@kurtpachernegg3140]

HOW?! Im guessing pieces have magnetic bases and under the table is a grid of electro-magnets. But the grid would have to be pretty big and consist of relatively small magnets because you pull pieces between two other pieces and so-forth. Please let me know how if you can. This looks like it would be a really fun project!

[@AliG6252010]

That's actually kinda cool

[@lucailvec]

Haha simply but the idea is original and awesome, good work !

[@pa7ri0t]

Just amazing, great work!

[@Jamie-Russell-CME]

Bravo, really cool. But I think it would be much more satisfying if the offensive piece which defeats the opponent was to move into the square of its victim and then the 'dead' piece slid off the board. Less confusing especially when the defeated piece goes off and then the lag of the attacking piece finally occupies its new square. I know, what an ass I am. It is probably difficult to do it this way, but well done just the same.

[@TruthOfZ0]

I would like more if the chessboard was a touchscreen and you should play a card game on it from a distance (or closed range like here) with real cards while viewing your opponent cards in a screen as image...and it's one card was holding its own program packet for the attributes/rules it has by placing the card on the board and the touchscreen read the code from the cards and displays many cool things!! Duel Start!!!! Well that's a product that will sell for sure!! new generation for games!!!

[@Dance5578]

wow now make one where you play vs the computer! So awesome!

[@SidharthSahdev]

very impresive work!

[@KevinBrake]

A cool concept would be to use smart phones to control both the white and black pieces. Just for the added cool factor.

[@placebo_yue]

I think it's cool enough that the figures move on their own. Why does everything have to be thru a smartphone?

[@Yzaytsev]

Awesome, guys!

[@Fourby]

awsome project guys!

[@darksantos1]

LET THE WIZARD CHESS TOURNAMENT BEGIN!!!

[@spaceshipable]

This is too cool!

[@rickzimmermann6996]

This would serve Myself and My Children well. except when there is no electricity, then what I know carrier Pigeon for each move form each player. This would be an excellent toll to train Children to play Chess.

[@TruthOfZ0]

I like your idea !!

[@Neueregel]

exactly. I don't see a huge difference between this and the other dozens of online chess sites, except being 3D and having to purchase the equipment.

[@msven]

That is awesome. I love it!

[@joecamel3000]

can't wait to see how they solve the removal of the captured stones in the boardgame Go. SCNR

[@MrVitalic85]

wow this is cool, my father is blind and he live in another city, wish I was something like that to play chest with him

[@crob091]

This is awesome!

[@arbel1990]

cool!, now all you need to add is a mind controll headset, and move the pieces with your mind!! :)

[@mirandatuga]

Yeah but if you wait a while the knight moves independently of having any pawns in front of it, since all the pieces move through the edges of the squares there aren't conflicts between them

[@snowskimwake]

The knight already moved around the pawn on the second board, it worked fine

[@minuspluschannel]

Very cool, keep up the good work

[@griftorifto2]

Very impressive, great work

[@Devgal89]

OH MY GOD I NEED THIS.

[@Dip_Physics]

Yes,the pieces move along the way between other pieces. including the knight.

[@paulanthonysayer]

Wizard Chess.

[@petervyboch7398]

First thing that came in my mind!

[@crazyhq270]

MAGIC!

[@breannastewart5400]

Bryan Smith MAGIC!!!!!!

[@AndyAndOnly]

You guys better try to sit on 1 table. That is more comfortable for playing games like chess.

[@AndyAndOnly]

+Jesus Algo sure it is! I like thing actually. But it was just funny to watch, that 2 guys created this rly "hard to make" thing and then just played next to each other:D

[@shizi6810]

AndyAndOnly what about online chess game

[@kasin4325]

This is too good!!

[@sabethman]

Very interesting! Is this set up a bit like a cnc machine underneath? I noticed when a piece is taken it moves one piece off the board before moving the other one, making me think the z has a magnet on it that moves up to contact the pieces and the x and y pull them from the board, this way the magnet won't interfere with other pieces while moving around. Regardless, very cool!

[@nadielnadiel]

PQP!!!! Galático; Coruja Cósmica das Galáxias """"" Parabéns

[@adminos15]

plot twist: this is ronald weasley's chess gotchaa

[@midodoku]

Nice work!

[@snapsnapdik]

Omg this is so awesome!!!

[@hashim710]

Just AMAZING!!!!

[@motazadam]

It would be really cool to see this working over a longer range, say maybe if you wanted the feel of playing chess with your friend in another city or even another country. Or perhaps the technology could be used to remotely control machines in landscapes that are too dangerous for humans. There are plenty of applications for this and chess is one of them.

[@dhruvkp1510]

This is amazing. I made a whack a mole game with arduino. Doesn't compare to this, but I put a video on my channel. Advice would be so great.

[@blindfellian]

unbelievable!

[@peanutsadoremypelvis9919]

This could mean you can have across the world physical chess matches without needing a computer or any software, just a board with the built-in hardware and software along with a UI and wifi connection!

[@sebmathewsvideo]

I was high and looking for this product online once upon a time! Are you guys planning to productize? My friends made a Foosbot.

[@mpm3363]

Awesome Really Inspiring

[@uchihadante77]

Looks awesome,maybe we are gonna play like this on the internet.With a real chess board!!

[@Dip_Physics]

Oh,brilliant!!!

[@jwhardig]

great project. Getting ready to build one for a class and was woundering where i could get the plans???

[@melomaniakjm]

Awesome!

[@neilimmanueldeguzman9381]

MAGNET!!!

[@abbelsin]

no it was the wind

[@Tokphobia]

They might have programmed the knights to move between the squares on the board, just like the dead pawn moves at 1:46

[@RafaelBorgesRDB]

Amazing!!!

[@08Ultrasonic]

I wonder how.... 1) The system monitors the movements of the pieces that the person has moved? 2) How the system moves each piece?

[@TheAllimania]

you can see that right in the beginning...well not the first move, but slipping past an untouched row.

[@123meteyuecel]

Perfect. Now we need to connect via wlan to play online on a chess server

[@cockroachsoup6409]

This is spooky as fuck

[@hairypaulsack]

+Dead Pixx i know right the magic of electromagnets, servos, and radios is really fuckign spooky huh

[@ale29ax]

very cool!

[@thethingthatwants]

This is quite interesting, though a few questions come to my mind: What dose the program do when you do an illegal move? And more importantly, how would it deal with a game of "Extreme Amazing Super-Chess!"?

[@Nerdthagoras]

I'd like to see how they would add a computer opponent and then to follow up with 2 computer opponents.

[@l3p3]

Please, use another sound effect... It is "Voice control listening" sound from Microsoft Windows. Apart from that it is a good project.

[@fungameslife2460]

And this was 10 years ago!

[@GODZILLA-dc7vl]

Wow that is so cool

[@xlueshex]

This is awesome. Can it castle?

[@SimbaOlsen]

I can think of numerous ways to mechanically pull the pieces with an electromagnet. But how do you track the movements done by the players?

[@exogendesign4582]

arduino

[@SimbaOlsen]

Exogen Design Yeah, but what type of sensor is used?

[@ivory_lion]

Simen Christensen Most likely a reed switch under each tile -- considering the pieces all have a magnet a NO Reed would do the trick of knowing locations. As to what the pieces are it would have to keep track through software. I'm working on the same thing as a summer hobbyist project

[@TheLinktolife]

would be great to see what happens when one person gets angry and knocks over all the pieces

[@timdarkloto]

I'd like to see castling.