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TED-Ed: Can you solve the basketball robot riddle? | Dan Katz

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You’ve spent months creating a basketball-playing robot, the Dunk-O-Matic, and you’re excited to demonstrate its capabilities. Until you read an advertisement: “See the Dunk-O-Matic face human players and automatically adjust its skill... You’ve spent months creating a basketball-playing robot, the Dunk-O-Matic, and you’re excited to demonstrate its capabilities. Until you read an advertisement: “See the Dunk-O-Matic face human players and automatically adjust its skill to create a fair game for every opponent!” That’s not what you were told to create. Can you recalibrate your robot to make it a fair match? Dan Katz shows how. [Directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu, Greg Chudzik].
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Pre-K - Higher Ed
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TED-Ed
Date
2024
Language
English
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geometric series, series, probability, chance
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ted-ed, math, fair game, common ratio, making, miss, adjust, basket, misses, probabilities, ratio, public, taking, turns, human, total, opponent, success, winning, round, dunkomatic, skill, create, robot, attempt, team, match, wins
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