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 . 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 (186mph), about double human pitching speed . 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 . External links Gizmodo article on The Headless Batter Video of The Headless Batter on Youtube Engadget article on Ishii batting robot New Scientist article on Ishikawa batting robot
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 . 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 . 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 . External links Video of The Headless Batter on Gizmodo Engadget article on Ishii batting robot New Scientist article on Ishikawa batting robot
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