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Toward a Competitive Pool-Playing Robot
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Michael Greenspan, Joseph Lam, Marc Godard, Imran Zaidi, Sam Jordan, Will Leckie, Ken Anderson, Donna Dupuis, "Toward a Competitive Pool-Playing Robot," Computer, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 46-53, January, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2008.33,
author = {Michael Greenspan and Joseph Lam and Marc Godard and Imran Zaidi and Sam Jordan and Will Leckie and Ken Anderson and Donna Dupuis},
title = {Toward a Competitive Pool-Playing Robot},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {41},
number = {1},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2008},
pages = {46-53},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2008.33},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - Computer
TI - Toward a Competitive Pool-Playing Robot
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SN - 0018-9162
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EPD - 46-53
A1 - Michael Greenspan,
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A1 - Marc Godard,
A1 - Imran Zaidi,
A1 - Sam Jordan,
A1 - Will Leckie,
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A1 - Donna Dupuis,
PY - 2008
KW - pool-playing robot
KW - Deep Green
KW - robotics
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JA - Computer
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Michael Greenspan, Queen's University
Joseph Lam, Queen's University
Marc Godard, Queen's University
Imran Zaidi, Queen's University
Sam Jordan, Queen's University
Will Leckie, Nortel
Ken Anderson, Larus Technologies
Donna Dupuis, University of British Columbia
Deep Green is a vision-based, intelligent robotic system that currently shoots pool at a better-than-amateur level, with the ultimate goal of challenging a proficient human opponent at a championship level.

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Index Terms:
pool-playing robot, Deep Green, robotics
Citation:
Michael Greenspan, Joseph Lam, Marc Godard, Imran Zaidi, Sam Jordan, Will Leckie, Ken Anderson, Donna Dupuis, "Toward a Competitive Pool-Playing Robot," Computer, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 46-53, Jan. 2008, doi:10.1109/MC.2008.33
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