AIMY: An Open-source Table Tennis Ball Launcher for Versatile and High-fidelity Trajectory Generation
Alexander Dittrich,Jan Schneider,Simon Guist,Nico Gürtler,Heiko Ott,Thomas Steinbrenner,Bernhard Schölkopf,Dieter Büchler,Alexander Dittrich,Jan Schneider,Simon Guist,Nico Gürtler,Heiko Ott,Thomas Steinbrenner,Bernhard Schölkopf,Dieter Büchler
To approach the level of advanced human players in table tennis with robots, generating varied ball trajectories in a reproducible and controlled manner is essential. Current ball launchers used in robot table tennis either do not provide an interface for automatic control or are limited in their capabilities to adapt speed, direction, and spin of the ball. For these reasons, we present AIMY, a th...
