Foosbar
Hardware
robotics
SHOW HN2024
323points
77comments
#176of 3,515 in 2024
Top 6%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
17 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 8 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, fun demo
From 3 comments
I haven't been wowed by a demo like that in years. That was awesome!!!
phlipski on HNthis is simply amazing
echan00 on HNExtremely cool. WAF is extremely high.
theGeatZhopa on HN
Entertaining video and write-up
From 2 comments
Great job. Both on your build as well as your entertaining video. Makes me miss the days of in-person working where we spent a LOT of time on the foosball table. To the point…
ftkftk on HN> It has successfully mechanized all my joy out of the game, leaving me free to pursue <a>more important and deeply fulfilling things</a> with my life. The link [1] then shows us…
smokel on HN
Objections
Used expensive industrial motion capture cameras rather than affordable vision
From 1 comment
I'm really curious how this would've looked if he'd taken a mid-range budget approach to vision instead of being able to throw (tens of?) thousands of dollars of industrial…
TwiztidK on HN
Requests
Build an online competition between AI foosball players
From 1 comment
This is extremely cool! I think the next step is to put both sides of the table under robotic control and have an online competition for the best foosball-playing AI. I would…
pants2 on HN
Add trash talk via chatbot
From 1 comment
This is awesome. I'd love to have this for home practice. But can the robot shit talk? As a fellow lover of foosball I find that shit talking is ingrained in the culture as…
fellowniusmonk on HN
Questions
Is the robot spinning the bar?
From 1 comment
I hope it’s not spinning the bar. (I can’t tell from the video.)
metabagel on HN
What are the next plans for the project?
From 1 comment
Wow, the project is great! What's your next plan about the project?
animegirl2024 on HN
Alternatives named
Positional tracking with PlayStation Eye cameras and IR LEDs
From 1 comment
There was a post on HN where someone did positional tracking with cheap $5 Playstation Eye cameras and some infrared LEDs, so its definitely do-able.
ipsum2 on HN