Robot To Throw 1st Pitch At Phils' Game

Ter, 19 Abr, 2011 | 15:13:17


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PHILADELPHIA - PhillieBot for Cy Young? It's unlikely.

But the one-armed, three-wheeled robot, designed by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday's game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

It's all part of Science Day festivities at Citizens Bank Park.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the pitching robot has been in the makings for a month and a half as Penn engineers Jordan Brindza and Jamie Gewirtz assembled parts and wrote software.

They started with a Segway, gave it a robotic arm and added a third wheel. They also gave it a pneumatic cylinder, which delivers a burst of compressed carbon dioxide to power the pitch.

The robot's computer brain can be tweaked to change pitch velocity and trajectory.


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