Our Thanks

We would like to acknowledge Dr Samuel Richie for his helpful guidance throughout the year, and for the speakers and resources he has provided for the Senior Design course.

We would like to acknowledge Soartech for their sponsorship, their interest in our project, and the team in the Oviedo office for all of their words of wisdom.

We would like to acknowledge Joshua Haley for his expertise, continuing guidance, for personally meeting with us for advising, and for donating essential hardware components to Magic Chess.

We would like to acknowledge Tom Kerrigan for his excellent open source chess engine, which drives the core of this project.

We would like to acknowledge the team at Carnegie Mellon University for their creation of PocketSphinx, the software used for voice recognition.

We would like to acknowledge Carl S for the mechanics of the XY stage. His website is located here

We would like to acknowledge the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology for maintaining high standards in engineering education.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge the University of Central Florida for providing an environment conducive to research and design, and for providing helpful on-campus resources to aid us in our project