To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

An engineer has gone viral after creating a ruthless version of chess that literally punishes players with electric shocks ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around to their new ...