Ball Tracking and Batting

Automatic Ball Tracking and Batting System

University of Michigan, EECS 467 Autonomous Robotics W18, Final Project

In this project our team designed a robot that could track the ball, predict the movement and bat the ball in the end.

Ball detection:

Ball tracking:

Batting:

Structure

  • Two cameras to detect the ball

  • Two turntables to keep the cameras aiming at the ball

  • A robot arm to bat the ball

Workflow and Approaches