Design of an automatic ball collector
As technology advances, manual labour work will be desired to be taken over by robots automatically. Light-weighted balls are used in many sports such as tennis, golf and table tennis. Usually multiple balls are used during leisure play or at trainings to ensure players to have smooth continuous...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71417 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | As technology advances, manual labour work will be desired to be taken over by robots
automatically. Light-weighted balls are used in many sports such as tennis, golf and table
tennis. Usually multiple balls are used during leisure play or at trainings to ensure players to
have smooth continuous games. However, the balls will eventually run out and users will have
to pick up the balls that are scattered all over the floors. Picking them up one by one with hands
can be a hassle and could cause unnecessary disruptions to training routines.
In this project, an Automatic Ball Collector (ABC) will be built. It will be designed to collect ping
pong balls automatically during and after a table-tennis training session. ABC is essentially an
autonomous robot with a ball collection mechanism, a camera and/or other sensors for tracking
and navigation.
An Arduino board be used as the controller and the main frame will be built with 20mm by
20mm aluminum profile. It will be using a camera for colour recognition to navigate and will be
driven by a couple of DC motors for maneuverability. A full-scale prototype of the system is
expected to design and built. As this is a new concept, it will be tested out in a controlled
environment for optimal performance. |
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