Welcome Back to Digital Pinball Fans - please read this first
For latest updates, follow Digital Pinball Fans on Facebook and Twitter

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="3waycombo" data-source="post: 92269" data-attributes="member: 3261">This is actually along the lines of the way I'm thinking about this. I don't know what sensors would be required or any of the technical stuff. I'm picturing a pinball machine set up with a system of sensors which a computer analyzes game after game. The analyzing computer would likely need to have the ability to learn so it could become better and better at predicting the motion of the ball over a wide variety of situations. This technology already exists to make a robot that can walk on two legs. Apparently it's almost impossible to build a robot that can walk right after it is built. Essentially it must be programmed to learn how to walk by practicing. In much the same way, a pinball-analyzing computer could become better at predicting the way a ball will behave as it accumulates data over time. This computer wouldn't necessarily have any understanding of physics, but ideally it would be an automated system that output it's "physics" model in the form of usable code. I don't think that this would require any technology that doesn't already exist. Of course it would require a large investment and a lot of really smart people to create in the first place. However, once the system is operational, it would pretty much run itself. All you'd need is people to play pinball constantly. I think that would be a great job for me, so let me know when you're ready. I'll be there.</blockquote>

Verification

Members online

No members online now.

Total: 690 (members: 1, guests: 689)

Latest posts

D
Anyone still playing?
- Latest: Dan
- Mar 3, 2025
The Pinball Arcade / Farsight Studios