Robot Throws Opening Pitch at MLB Game

[Marcus Yam]

Robots vs. Humans... some day?

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[N19h7M4r3]

The daleks are here to conquer us, And they shall start with by our greatest sports

 

[robot_army]

epic fail!

 

[mediumsteve83]

base wars was freakin epic goodness

 

[robot_army]

and just to be fair the vehicle its self looks pretty good, shame about the application shown.

 

[masterasia]

that was pathetic. a 16th century catapult will work better, or how about a canon.

 

[rubix_1011]

So it's a batting cage machine mounted on a remote controlled Segway...? Wow...not that impressive of tech here, considering all 3 of those have existed for quite a while.

 

[robot_army]

firstly its not a segway! its not a cage batting machine, and the remote control was most likely used as the vehicle is meant to be used in a completely different environment so wouldn't be able to operate autonomously in such a different world. looks like an advertising stunt to promote a local science festival.

 

[bystander]

"The engineers claimed that the slow pitching nature was be design, as the Phillies did not want the opening pitch to approach MLB speeds."

There is hope, maybe it is possible to do more.

 

[burnley14]

Wow the Phillies' mascot is annoying

 

[decrypted]

Wow, that was sad! Where I used to live, we had batting cages that would pitch at 65mph perfectly over the plate, and they also used an arm for throwing.... and that was 30 years ago!

 

[memadmax]

Was that a PS wired controller he was using to control that thing?

 

[braneman]

I wont be worried until they start playing cricket.

 

[Parsian]

a bit over glorified, dont you think?

 

[dammit525]

it looks like it's built on a segway

 

[cookoy]

if all robots are made like that, we humans have nothing to fear

 

[Guest]

Lots of typo's on Toms recently. Need to get an editor stat!

 

[aaron88_7]

[citation][nom]rubix_1011[/nom]So it's a batting cage machine mounted on a remote controlled Segway...? Wow...not that impressive of tech here, considering all 3 of those have existed for quite a while.[/citation]
It's worse, at least a batting cage machine can make it to the plate without bouncing on the ground. Clearly this was made in the US. If Japan made it it would have thrown a perfect 100mph fastball AND been anatomically correct.

 

[Guest]

Now I come to Tom's websites and play spot the typo!

"The pitch appeared to reach 30 to 40 mph, reports ESPN. The engineers claimed that the slow pitching nature was be design"

Slow pitching nature WAS BE design??????

 

[Silly Boots]

Spare time? Could've been spent doing something useful. Like having a life...