High-Speed Batting Robot with Stereo Vision

Teaching robots how to play baseball is easier said than done. PDF T. Senoo, A. Namiki, and M. Ishikawa have come up with a robotic batting algorithm that enables a high speed arm with a stereo vision to hit balls with a bat. The robot can follow the ball while swinging the bat at high speed. The below video shows it in action:

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