Roboticist builds a real aimbot that aims better than professionals
The roboticist Kamal Carter has presented his latest invention on YouTube: a robot that automatically moves a gaming mouse and shoots at targets in shooters. In fact, this literal aimbot is so good it beats many Valorant pros in competition.
Kamal Carter has a comparatively small YouTube channel with just under 1,000 subscribers. But in certain gaming circles he is currently attracting a lot of attention.
Because Carter literally built an aimbot that shoots his opponents for him in shooters. Or, as Carter himself puts it: “I built a robot that scans pixels and uses the colors on the screen to target targets.”
However, the intention here was not to discover a better way to cheat. “It’s fun to build a robot.”
Hardware aimbot has no problems with anti-cheat software
Where off-the-shelf cheater aimbots consist of software that scans the screen for enemies and then aims and shoots for you, Carter built a robot that actually moves the mouse on the table.
“So I’m less likely to be detected by anti-cheat software because the mouse is hardware that moves itself.”
You can see the development process and in-game achievements here:
How does the robot work? The design of the aim robot is very simple and highly complex at the same time. He worked on this robot for “2 long, tedious months”.
Carter built a kind of motorized picture frame around a Logitech mouse. With 4 wheels that can move in all directions, the mouse can be controlled in any way. This process is then automated with sensors that examine its screen for a specific pixel color. To do this, he wired the mouse to click immediately when the sensor detects a target.
Robot aims better than many professionals, but has its limits
Carter then had this robot shoot at targets in the aim training game Aim Labs. Here players can not only work on their shooter skills in a virtual shooting gallery, but also indirectly measure themselves with high scores on a leaderboard.
In the Aim scenario he chooses, an average player can score around 40 – 50,000 points, Valorant pros even get a score in the 80 – 100,000 range.
Carter could top that with the robot. His “Aim Lab” high score is 118,494, which even many pros can easily beat.
His ambition was aroused to beat shooter legend TenZ’s high score. This Valorant pro and Twitch streamer has an incredible high score of 146,902 (via Aimlab).
But this record was too big even for the robot. One of the aim machine’s motors broke while Carter continued to tweak the robot.
In the YouTube comments, the viewers are enthusiastic. The technical implementation in particular amazes connoisseurs. Many commenters are confident that Carter can beat TenZ’s record if he fixes the robot again.
But the roboticist gets criticism for the mouse. The old, small office mouse from Logitech causes some head shaking: “Please give the robot a better mouse. You’re holding him back.”
If he listens to this advice, Carter might be able to use one of these mice next time:
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