Development of a Robot for Evaluating Tennis Rackets

Junji Furusho; Masamichi Sakaguchi; Naoyuki Takesue; Fuminobu Sato; Takeshi Naruo; Hiroshi Nagao

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JRM Vol.13 No.1 pp. 74-79

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2001.p0074

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Development of a Robot for Evaluating Tennis Rackets

Junji Furusho^, Masamichi Sakaguchi^, Naoyuki Takesue^*, Fuminobu Sato^, Takeshi Naruo^, and Hiroshi Nagao^**

^*Dept. of Computer-Controlled Mechanical Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

^**Product Development Division, Mizuno Corporation, 1-12-35 Nanko Kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0034, Japan

Received:

November 12, 2000

Accepted:

December 12, 2000

Published:

February 20, 2001

Keywords:

robot, tennis, racket, evaluation, motor control, sports engineering

Abstract

The development and simulation of robots that have athletic skill close to human beings is very much useful for testing and developing sport goods. This paper discusses the development and simulation of a tennis robot. The developed tennis robot has two joints controlled by a servolike human muscle, and its characteristics are satisfying and similar to a human. The simulation for the whole system including racket, ball and tennis robot is set up. The simulation results agree well with experimental results.

Cite this article as:

J. Furusho, M. Sakaguchi, N. Takesue, F. Sato, T. Naruo, and H. Nagao, “Development of a Robot for Evaluating Tennis Rackets,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.13, No.1, pp. 74-79, 2001.

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Development of a Robot for Evaluating Tennis Rackets

Junji Furusho*, Masamichi Sakaguchi*, Naoyuki Takesue*, Fuminobu Sato**, Takeshi Naruo**, and Hiroshi Nagao**

Junji Furusho^, Masamichi Sakaguchi^, Naoyuki Takesue^*, Fuminobu Sato^, Takeshi Naruo^, and Hiroshi Nagao^**