Ping-Pong-Playing Robotic Arm
Problem statement
Have you ever wanted to play ping pong but had no friends to play with? Enough playing against a wall or propping up one end of the table, you will now be able to play ping pong against a fully automated robotic opponent. We plan to build a robotic arm positioned at the end of a ping pong table that will return serves and rally against a human opponent in real time. We will integrate a vision software to track ball position and speed and relay this information through an inverse kinematics program to move the arm to the correct position to intercept and return each rally. As a service to the UW Madison engineering community, the final build is planned to be kept in the basement of the ME building for anyone to utilize at any time.
Team members
Drew Andersen – admin
Dean Izzo – facilitator
Josh Bing – accountant
Mark Kuzel – communicator
Client
Mark Kuzel
UW – Mechanical Engineering