Carlo Pascoe

 

University of Florida

Department of Electrical Engineering

EEL 5666

Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory

 

PD: the Poker Dealing Robot

 

 

 

Description:

When turned on the robot will do nothing, waiting for inputs.  8 switches corresponding to 8 player positions will need to be set to determine the number of players and their positions on the table.  8 LED’s representing the player position will light up when the corresponding switch is asserted.  Another set of 3 switches corresponding to 8 different types of poker games like 5 card draw or Omaha will need to be set to specify which game you want to play. The name of the game selected will be displayed on the LCD.  If the switches are set to invalid inputs (like you can’t have 8 players play 5 card draw with 1 deck of cards because there is too much of a chance that the deck will run out) the LCD will say that you have entered invalid inputs.  The robot will continue waiting until a deck of cards is placed in to the deck loader.  A weight sensor will indicate that a deck of cards has been placed in the loader initiating a shuffling sequence.  When shuffling is complete the robot will begin dealing the cards to the positions specified by the 8 input switches in accordance with the game selected.  If a hidden switch is asserted the robot will still deal the cards in accordance with the game selected but will deal from a rigged deck that is hidden inside the robot.  If the game requires the robot to move, IR and bump sensors will detect if obstacles like poker chips or beer bottles are in the way then avoid them.  In games that require human action like betting before more cards are dealt (or in the case of games like 5 card draw, specifying how many more cards you want) a special voice recognition sensor will convey to the robot that game play is ready to continue (or the number of cards a player needs).  When the round is complete and a winner has been determined the robot will eject the rest of the cards and wait for the process to begin again. 

 

The 8 games are:

Texas Hold’Em            Omaha

5 Card Draw                7 Card Stud

7’s Take All                 Super Hold’Em

Cool Hand Luke           Triple Flop Hold’Em