Japanese robot has 100% Rock, Paper, Scissors win rate

Japan
Technology
And Finally
Wednesday 27 June 2012 at 9:08am

A human's paper loses to robot's scissors. Credit: Ishikawa Oku Laboratory

A Japanese university say it has built a robot that wins the Rock, Paper, Scissors game every time - as long its opponent is human.

The machine, developed by the University of Tokyo, has a 100% success rate because it is able to recognise the human hand shape and respond with a winning gesture within one millisecond.

Whether or not its strategy constitutes cheating is up for debate.

According to USARPS, "America's official Rock, Paper, Scissors league":