ECE 110/120 Honors Lab Section : Unbeatable Water Pong Machine

1. Introduction
   
   
   

1. Statement of Purpose
   The machine will have the capabilities to play beer pong against an individual. It should be unbeatable against any particular individual and observe the distance from itself and the intended target and do the correct calculations to be able to throw a ping pong ball into the cup.
   
   

2. Background Research

                     We have done research on how the joints of the hand and the calculations for throwing the ping pong ball would work. We have observed previous robot arms which have done                        similar tasks like throwing a ball into a particular destination. Empire Robot has previously created a robot arm that can play beer pong, but unlike ours they use suction and                               vacuum to throw the ball into the cups. Ours will use a claw and motor to throw the ping pong ball into the cup and have less joints(1) in the arm to accomplish the same task.

    
Parts

Base material - wood

NEMA 23 motor

NEMA 17 motor

TB6600 stepper motor driver x2

MakerFocus Raspberry Pi4 Camera IR

IR emitter

3D Printed Base for Cups

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 2019 Quad Core 64 Bit WiFi Bluetooth (2GB)

Possible Challenges

We will face challenges in accurately estimating the calculations for the ping pong ball to reach the cup. Measuring the distance of the cup from the robotics arm and making the joints move efficiently.