Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot plays Clash of Clans
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Watch this Lego Mindstorms robot play Clash of Clans (video)

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Clash of Clans can get a little repetitive as you tap the screen to collect coins and magic elixir on a regular basis. And that’s just the kind of work that a robot can do.

Mark Petzold posted a video of a Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot playing the strategy game Clash of Clans, which is one of the most popular and lucrative titles on mobile devices. (And helped Finnish developer Supercell draw $1.5 billion from Softbank and GungHo Entertainment.)

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.