The robotist Kamal Carter has presented his latest invention on YouTube: a robot that automatically moves a gaming mouse and shoots at targets in shooters. This literal aimbot is so good that it even beats many Valorant professionals in competitions.
Kamal Carter has a relatively small YouTube channel with currently just under 1,000 subscribers. But he is causing quite a stir in certain gaming circles.
Because Carter has literally built an aimbot that shoots his opponents in shooters for him. Or, as Carter himself says: ‘I built a robot that scans pixels and targets based on colors on the screen.’
The intent here was not to discover a better way to cheat. ‘It’s fun to build a robot.’
Hardware aimbot has no issues with anti-cheat software
While off-the-shelf cheating aimbots consist of software that examines the screen for opponents and then aims and shoots for you, Carter has built a robot that actually moves the mouse on the table.
This way, it is less likely that I will be detected by anti-cheat software, because the mouse moves as hardware itself.
You can check out the development process and the successes in the game here:
How does the robot work? The design of the aim robot is both very simple and highly complex. ‘For 2 long, tedious months’ he has been working on this robot.
Carter has built a kind of motor-powered picture frame around a Logitech mouse. With 4 wheels that can move in all directions, the mouse can be controlled in any way. Using sensors that scan his screen for a specific pixel color, this process is then automated. He has wired the mouse so that it clicks immediately when the sensor detects a target.
Robot aims better than many pros, but has its limits
Carter then had this robot shoot at targets in the aim training game Aim Labs. Players can not only work on their shooter skills in a virtual shooting range, but also indirectly measure themselves against high scores on a leaderboard.
In the aim scenario he chose, an average player manages about 40 – 50,000 points, while Valorant professionals achieve scores in the range of 80 – 100,000.
Carter was able to top all of that with the robot. His ‘Aim Lab’ high score stands at 118,494, easily beating even many professionals.
His ambition was stirred to beat the high score of shooter legend TenZ. 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 motors of the aim machine broke down as Carter continued to refine the robot.
In the YouTube comments, viewers are thrilled. In particular, the technical implementation amazes experts. Many commentators are convinced that Carter can break TenZ’s record when he repairs the robot.
However, the robotist receives criticism for the mouse. The old, small office mouse from Logitech causes some shaking of heads: ‘Please give the robot a better mouse. You’re holding it back.’
If he listens to this advice, Carter might use one of these mice on his next attempt:
