Baseball

Team Members

Ming Lee Chow: Biomedical Engineering Class of 2009

Jeremy Klem: Mechanical Engineering Class of 2008

Mechanical Design

Bat

The Bat was fashioned out of wood on the band saw and sanded to a finish. Two holes were drilled: one to act as an anchoring pivot point and the other to be attached to an actuator. A solenoid, run on the two rechargeable batteries in each kit, was used with a compression spring to actuate the bat. The user interface was a simple push button usually stocked in the lab. This button was located on the right side of the game similar to where pinball buttons are located. 

In order to make the game more like baseball we set up a system to only allow the user to swing during a pitched ball. To learn more about this look below to Bat Relay.

Pitcher

To actuate the ball up to a position to be "pitched" a motor and scooping arm were used. Once activated the arm turns upwards until hitting a static