Manya chessboard with robotic arm

Hi there,

a friend of mine pointed me to https://www.manyaspace.com/ and I wonder whether any of you guys have heard of it?

Nice. Suspiciously cheap. Similar chinese robot is far more expensive: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007798706191.html

It looks like a very cheap toy that, if it is real, would beat the Novag Robot to claim the title of the most worthless moving chess set.

I wonder if it will be fast enough to blitz.

No doubt it won't. There's no practical way a robotic arm is fast enough to play blitz. Have you ever seen, OTB, how fast the two players move, especially at very end of their own time, when there are only a handful of seconds on their respective clocks?

*all* electronic boards, including self-moving boards, are perfect for Classical games, and for some of the Rapid time controls. None can be practically used for Blitz.

Hello, I've been looking at this product for several days.
This YouTuber's video helps clarify his point of view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ulbarb_dI&t=8s
But there are still a few unanswered questions:

The connection to chess.com or lichess isn't effective; these are Python libraries.
And nothing is specified about the device needed alongside it: phone, computer, etc.

The product isn't in production yet.

More testers would have been welcome.

I'd appreciate any information before deciding whether or not to use it.

Just got it last week. Its good and fast. Love it!

I've just released a driver for this board so it can be used with the normal PC programs (Fritz/Chessbase, Arena etc). I have also sent it to Lucas and I'm sure he'll update LucasChess soon. There was a problem with its BLE in Linux so at the moment it's only for Windows.

https://goneill.co.nz/chess.php#manya

Thanks for the drivers. My Manya arrived on Friday. I did a quick test in Arena, and it works, even though it's a game I don't play much. However, it's great in Lucas chess R6. I had a few issues with piece recognition, but that's probably due to the lighting.
In Lucas chess R2, I encountered a bug even after selecting DGT.

Geez Louise.

Can you be any more obvious as an advertiser?

Truth in advertising.

Hi, I work or own this company and I want to introduce you guys to . . .

1. You don't have any friends.

2. Among your friends, how many play chess?

3. In what context of the conversation that that is brought up?

Give me a break.

As far as robotic arms,

My arms works just fine!

Lucas has re-issued his R2 program to fix the installation issue. Please let me know if you find any problems!

agatti1970 has been on here for years commenting on various eBoards and programs.

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