Baseball robot
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A baseball batting robot is a robot
that can hit a pitched ball, like a human baseball
player would.
Several engineers have independently attempted to build one.
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
that can hit a pitched ball, like a human baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
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 machinePitching machineA pitching machine is a machine that automatically pitches a baseball to a batter at different speeds and styles. Most machines are hand-fed, but there are some that automatically feed. There are some pitching machines that will compensate the weight of the ball to make the ball be pitched at a...
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 UniversityHiroshima University, located in the Japanese cities of Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, was established 1949 by the merger of a number of national educational institutions.-History:Under the National School Establishment Law, Hiroshima University was established on May 31, 1949...
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.