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The Octo Bouncer Robot Can Bounce A Ball Indefinitely...Like Forever...
© Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
Before scientists and engineers were rushed in to find a vaccine for a certain virus, they were creating robots to bounce a ball indefinitely. Meet The Octo Bouncer...


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Arduino project with 120 FPS OpenCV image processing and smooth stepper motor moves. The machine calculates the ball's 3D position from the image processing data and uses this information to control the orange ping pong ball.
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Black n Gold•62 months
My son can bounce a ball for longer, but only if I tell him to stop 17 times.
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HalfCocked•62 months
f'ing gold my man.
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AgCoug•62 months
Oddly satisfying to watch.
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Animal•62 months
That is an expensive arse metronome.
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FowlGuy•62 months
We can do that but transmissions in trucks go out before 100k miles these days.
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Eltegray•62 months
Skynet
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Chudson•62 months
Why
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bengalman•62 months
Perfect timing to keep folks inside. Corona-Bouncer!
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