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Watch this LEGO Robot Cheat an iPad Game (Video)
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Apr 21, 2014 12:35 PM EDT
Meet Uli Kilian, a 2011 Guinness World Record holder who solved 100 Rubik's cubes during the London marathon. Now, meet Kilian's LEGO Technic's robot that's controlled by an online software program and designed to play Jurassic Park Builder virtually around the clock.
"I heard about the [Arduino] boards two weeks before and I knew I was going on holiday," he said, via Wired. "I'm a 3D artist so all the stuff I do is virtual and I really wanted to do something in the real world, and I'd never done anything with micro-controllers before."
This free-to-play iPad title requires you to check in every few minutes and repeatedly tap on dinosaurs while earning in-game currency. Any break time will unfortunately cost you game money and real-world cash.
"It's a really nice game with nice graphics," said Kilian, a senior art director at UK-based medical animation studio Random 42, via Wired. "But I thought you could easily automate the tapping."
Kilian's robot keeps the game going and collecting in-game currency even as he's dozes off. Thanks to his ingenious and sneaky tactics (diabolical laugh), the game produces around $140,000 per night, according to padgadget.com.
Some may call this pioneering move cheating. Others might call it resourceful, creative, inspired...
Or maybe they'd just think it's plain cool.
Regardless, want to see this robot in action? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
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First Posted: Apr 21, 2014 12:35 PM EDT
Meet Uli Kilian, a 2011 Guinness World Record holder who solved 100 Rubik's cubes during the London marathon. Now, meet Kilian's LEGO Technic's robot that's controlled by an online software program and designed to play Jurassic Park Builder virtually around the clock.
"I heard about the [Arduino] boards two weeks before and I knew I was going on holiday," he said, via Wired. "I'm a 3D artist so all the stuff I do is virtual and I really wanted to do something in the real world, and I'd never done anything with micro-controllers before."
This free-to-play iPad title requires you to check in every few minutes and repeatedly tap on dinosaurs while earning in-game currency. Any break time will unfortunately cost you game money and real-world cash.
"It's a really nice game with nice graphics," said Kilian, a senior art director at UK-based medical animation studio Random 42, via Wired. "But I thought you could easily automate the tapping."
Kilian's robot keeps the game going and collecting in-game currency even as he's dozes off. Thanks to his ingenious and sneaky tactics (diabolical laugh), the game produces around $140,000 per night, according to padgadget.com.
Some may call this pioneering move cheating. Others might call it resourceful, creative, inspired...
Or maybe they'd just think it's plain cool.
Regardless, want to see this robot in action? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone