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

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, ...

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

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 ...