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Robotic soccer-ball kicking leg (ROBOLEG)
This project is no longer active.
Head: Hagen Schempf
Contact: Hagen Schempf (hagen@rec.ri.cmu.edu (Currently On Leave))
Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Associated center: FRC
For more information, see this project's homepage.
Members of the FRC have been involved in the design and building of an experimental soccer- ball kicking robot for a large sports-shoe company in order to perform unbiased and repeatable experiments to improve upon shoe and soccer-ball designs. The leg was designed to approximate as close as possible the human kinematics and dynamics during the action of kicking a soccer ball. The purpose was to provide a consistent test-bed to remove the statistical variance associated with human testing and thus provide objective comparison criteria to judge and drive the design of new soccer-shoe prototypes. In addition, the developed system has the advantage of providing a highly visible, high-tech demonstration and show-piece for the sports-shoe company during trade-shows, press conferences and tournaments.
Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.