[HN Gopher] There's Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo (2018) [vi...
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       There's Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo (2018) [video]
        
       Author : downboots
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-01-04 17:44 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | notfed wrote:
       | I like how turning a page is a harder problem than finding Waldo.
        
         | ortusdux wrote:
         | I do enjoy the various methods of automatic page turning used
         | by book scanning machines. None of them are simpler than a toy
         | robot arm and a cheap USB webcam!
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         | - Flipping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ccxwNssmo
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         | - Arm with suction -
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoICY1fHQsA
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         | - Linear vacuum (google) - https://linearbookscanner.org/
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         | - Vacuum prism scanner (40+ ppm!) -
         | https://www.treventus.com/scanner/automatic-book-scanner
        
           | tjoff wrote:
           | I mean, a toy robot arm and a cheap USB webcam sounds really
           | hard to do with good accuracy.
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           | Nice collection of machines :)
        
             | ortusdux wrote:
             | I did wonder if they had the machine check finger to waldo
             | distance and then readjust accordingly.
        
         | tanseydavid wrote:
         | Perhaps many of us humans can be retrained for page-turning and
         | thus have purpose in the new era while filling a market need.
         | <tongue-in-cheek>
        
       | lolc wrote:
       | This is both hilarious and so banal, I'm oscillating between the
       | two states.
        
       | Waterluvian wrote:
       | Now we need to make an engine that generates Where's Waldo
       | scenes, and have the robot working off a flat screen and let it
       | run forever. If we don't give these robots ditch digging jobs
       | they'll take ours. ;)
        
       | oniony wrote:
       | Missed an opportunity to put a saveloy to great effect.
        
       | pigtailgirl wrote:
       | -- this was 5+ years ago - wonder what they would change today --
        
       | schubart wrote:
       | My robot uses the same rubber hands!
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       | https://github.com/schubart/donald
        
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