Designed with magnetic docking, the robotic arm locks securely into place on the Manya Cynus board in one smooth move.

And the Raspberry Turk — a chess-playing robot from developer Joey Meyer — is a masterwork in that regard, serving as a way to learn everything from machine vision to robotics to AI.

GenChess lets you create custom chess pieces using its Imagen 3 AI model, then play the game using those custom pieces.