Batter up! Robot baseball takes a swing
It's good to see the recession in Japan hasn't killed robot research, even though many machines are now standing idle, as the New York Times reported recently.
The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology has produced a pitcher and batter robot duo that quick and precise.
The pitcher machine can send the ball into the strike zone 90% of the time. The batter, meanwhile, uses imaging technology that captures 1,000 frames per second to enable it to connect to the ball.
All they need is uniforms and they'll be ready for the big leagues.
Labels: baseball, sport, university of tokyo
posted by Tim at 11:03 PM
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What they should do is make a robot that looks like the Colonel Sanders statue, dress him up in a Hanshin Tigers uniform, and add him to the team. This would effectively combine robotics, Japanese baseball, and eleven herbs and spices into a unique demonstration of robotics development, as well as an attention-grabber, particularly for the Tigers.
I mean, would you want to play against a robot pitcher that looks like the Colonel? I think not.
Amazing video. The slo-mo really shows how complex this really is.
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