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An AI-powered, chess-playing robot at the Asian Civilisations Museum's new exhibition, Let's Play, which focuses on ancient games from Asia.
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- ACM's Let's Play exhibition (Sept 5, 2025 to June 7, 2026) explores the art and design of Asian games.
- The exhibition showcases crafted game pieces like a cloisonne shuang lu table from China's Palace Museum.
- The museum is promoting community interaction with public games like giant chess and board games.
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SINGAPORE – Sit down for a game of chess or weiqi with a human coach. Or see if you can beat two robots, used by the Singapore Chess Federation and the Singapore Weiqi Association to train players in the game.
The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is taking games seriously with a new exhibition, Let’s Play: The Art And Design Of Asian Games, which opens on Sept 5.
