Rock-Paper-Robot

The folks at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory at the University of Tokyo (with, apparently, nothing better to do!) have developed a robot that will win at rock-paper-scissors every time. It does so by recognizing the shape the human hand is starting to make (story and video): http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-57462100-10391705/ultimate-rock-paper-scissor-robot-will-win-every-time/