Dart throwing robot wins PneuDrive challenge
An automated robot, designed by a student team from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering of the University of Stellenbosch, has won the inaugural PneuDrive Challenge.
University of Stellenbosch team member Billy de Lange explains that the robot was designed to launch a standard dart, weighing between 25 g and 40 g, towards the dart board 2,37 m away from the robot. The robot’s design includes the ability to rotate in the azimuth, which changes the direction of fire, as well as elevation axis. Speeds at which the dart is launched from the machine vary from 4,4 m/s to 10 m/s.
PIETER VAN DEVENTER, PIEKA GROBBLELLAAR, BILLY DE LANGE, WILLIE VAN SCHALKWYK The automated dart throwing robot won the competition on the basis that the entry was technically accurate (Source: SEW Eurodrive)
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