- Baseball robot
A baseball batting robot is a
robot that can hit a pitched ball, like a humanbaseball player would.Several engineers have independently attempted to build one.
*Frank Barnes alias Robocross has built a robot called The Headless Batter which can hit balls pitched at high speeds by a baseball
pitching machine [http://absolut.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/baseballplaying-robot-refuses-to-be-walked-221296.php] . This semi-android robot performs the same actions - hips swivel, the shoulders drop and the arms extend - as a human batter.*
Hiroshima University associate professor Idaku Ishii has developed a robot able to hit a pitch coming at speeds up to 300 kilometers per hour [http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/japanese-baseball-robot-can-hit-a-300km-h-pitch-whut] .*Researchers Masatoshi Ishikawa and colleagues at
Tokyo University have developed a baseball batting robot that works for balls thrown to it at slower speeds, but with much greater accuracy. It can bat the balls into a basket at a desired location [http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10775-top-tech-movies-baseball-bots-and-more.html] .ee also
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Robot soccer
*Japanese robotics External links
* [http://absolut.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/baseballplaying-robot-refuses-to-be-walked-221296.php Video of The Headless Batter on Gizmodo]
* [http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/japanese-baseball-robot-can-hit-a-300km-h-pitch-whut Engadget article on Ishii batting robot]
* [http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10775-top-tech-movies-baseball-bots-and-more.html New Scientist article on Ishikawa batting robot]
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