Baseball robot

A baseball batting robot is a robot that can hit a pitched ball, like a human baseball player would.

Several engineers have independently attempted to build one.

• Frank Barnes alias Robocross has built a robot called The Headless Batter which can hit balls pitched at high speeds by a baseball pitching machine.{{cite web |url=http://absolut.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/baseballplaying-robot-refuses-to-be-walked-221296.php |title=Baseball-playing Robot Refuses to be Walked |website=absolut.gizmodo.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711095547/http://absolut.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/baseballplaying-robot-refuses-to-be-walked-221296.php |archive-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} This semi-android robot performs the same actions - hips swivel, the shoulders drop and the arms extend - as a human batter.
• Hiroshima University associate professor Idaku Ishii has developed a robot able to hit a pitch coming at speeds up to 300 kilometers per hour (186 mph), about double human pitching speed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/japanese-baseball-robot-can-hit-a-300km-h-pitch-whut|title = Japanese baseball robot can hit a 300km/H pitch, whut?| date=6 June 2005 }}
• Researchers Masatoshi Ishikawa and colleagues at Tokyo University have developed a baseball batting robot that works for balls thrown to it at slower speeds, but with much greater accuracy. It can bat the balls into a basket at a desired location.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10775-top-tech-movies-baseball-bots-and-more.html|title=New Scientist | Science news and science articles from New Scientist}}