# Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger during chess tournament **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485 "2022-07-24T19:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/21 "2022-07-25T01:01:27Z")
That kid knows what they did. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/22 "2022-07-25T01:29:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Adam has mentioned how dangerous it can be sharing space with robots. Their movements don’t take into account any humans that are in the way. Depends on the robot. We put in a robotic palletizer at one of my former employers, and it had built-in sensors in the joint motors that detected when it was hitting an obstacle (people, conveyors, etc.). It was sensitive enough to stop without hurting a person at all. The container size was programmed into the robot, so if the “hand” tried to pick up something outside of those dimensions, it would let go, home, and throw an alarm. Damned operators would mess with the robot just so they could get extra breaks, as it took 10-20 minutes to reset the robot and get it running again. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/23 "2022-07-25T01:38:50Z")
Funny that when you use robots in industry there are all kinds of safety regulations required. Two hand safety touch (robot won’t move unless your hands are on two sensors away from the robot), light curtains (break an invisible plane with an object or body part and the robot stops), e-stop (big red emergency button to stop the robot) etc. This looked to have none of that and also used a pretty heavy duty robot. Not too bright of the designers. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/24 "2022-07-25T02:08:35Z")
It is in Russia. Be suprised that it isn’t made of rusty barbed wire and powered by a drunk, rabid stoat. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/25 "2022-07-25T02:10:35Z")
Was this an Italian robot? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/26 "2022-07-25T02:18:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The robot was quoted as saying: “Bidi-bidi-bidi, fuck you, Buck!” And then it did say: Free Ukraine!!! (the captured parts). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/27 "2022-07-25T11:42:36Z")
Chess would be more popular if they had more finger breaking, just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/28 "2022-07-25T11:48:15Z")
Nobody has heard the robot’s side of the story. Maybe the kid’s finger brushed another piece illegally and some “tough love” ensued. 😈 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/29 "2022-07-25T11:59:54Z")
This? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h7Weuh_AhIo/maxresdefault.jpg "MB Grand Master CHESS ROBOT from 1981 👑 Gadgetify") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Weuh_AhIo) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/30 "2022-07-25T12:20:11Z")
It was very similar indeed - as I’m in the UK, perhaps there was a model for that market! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/31 "2022-07-25T13:20:36Z")
What is the standard notation for Robot breaks finger? It looked to me like Rt BF d1!! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/32 "2022-07-25T13:29:11Z")
Hm. And we just watched _The Mitchells vs. The Machines_ this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/33 "2022-07-25T14:20:11Z")
It looks like the kid didn’t wait long enough between moves. Its normal to get excited by a move and reach quickly. The robots programming should have easily compensated. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/34 "2022-07-25T14:24:16Z")
It might be cute to have a chess playing robot pull “got your nose” if playing a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/35 "2022-07-25T14:52:34Z")
Putin has allied with the Terminators! Telegraph Captain Midnight and his Secret Squadron, immediately. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/36 "2022-07-25T14:54:08Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > I call buggy software. Somebody should have checked (no pun intended) that the bot could recognize the difference between a child’s finger and a playing piece, yet we march inexorably toward self-driving cars. What could go wrong? I’m pretty sure they’re not putting Russian chess-playing software in cars. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/37 "2022-07-25T17:14:20Z")
Looking at the video it appears that the robot arm didn’t move after it got a grip on the kid’s finger. This suggests that the break may have been due to a ridiculously firm grip on the part of the robot. Who the fuck programs a chess-playing robot to grip the pieces with bone-crushing force? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/38 "2022-07-25T17:21:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > It might be cute to have a chess playing robot pull “got your nose” if playing a kid. In this version of “got your nose”, is the trick to fool the kid into thinking his severed thumb is actually his severed nose? Cute! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/39 "2022-07-25T17:22:58Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > In this version of “got your nose”, is the trick to fool the kid into thinking his severed thumb is actually his nose? Cute! Not if the move is Nose to Rook 3. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485/40 "2022-07-25T17:30:20Z")
CxWs # (Car hits Windowshopper check mate) [![](https://img.morgenpost.de/img/incoming/crop235561253/3800933684-w820-cv3_2-q85/Dulglas-1.jpg) ](https://img.morgenpost.de/img/incoming/crop235561253/3800933684-w820-cv3_2-q85/Dulglas-1.jpg) (Yes, it was done on purpose, they call it an _Amokfahrt_ or an amok drive in German, and the perpetrator is psychiatric custody now. And the driver was from a former Soviet Republic, go figure. People died, I’m not really laughing: Me and my wife passed by that corner the day before. But still, it could count as some kind of Russian driving sofware, and maybe the driver knows how to play chess…) > [@Riemann](#): > > In this version of “got your nose”, is the trick to fool the kid into thinking his severed thumb is actually his severed nose? Cute! No, you cannot castle the Nose and the Thumb after the Thumb is severed, look up the rules! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485.md?page=3)