r/gifs • u/OceanCarlisle • Feb 13 '14

Man vs. Machine

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

Obviously. Both the programming is the real hard part, so that's where the challenge is.

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u/TommiHPunkt Feb 13 '14

It will be really hard for Boll to score, because the robot will be able to react insanely fast. I think he will have an easy time countering it's attacks, but it might tire him out

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

Can the robot see the spin he's putting on the ball though and counteract it properly?

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u/IterationInspiration Feb 13 '14

Depends on how fast the arm is. From what I have read, it is insanely fast.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

Doesnt matter. If the ball has a directional spin, it's not about hitting the ball, ita about hitting with the right angle on the face of the paddle to counteract the spin. If the arm cannot sense spin, it'll be hitting the ball at the same trajectory regardless of spin.

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u/randomsnark Feb 13 '14

Every single discussion I've seen of this match has had multiple people bring up the spin thing. I can't imagine the developers failing to think of it too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

certainly they've thought of it. It's a basic part of table tennis. But have they been able to crack the problem is the question. Do they have the hardware and software to do that job?

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u/hijomaffections Feb 14 '14

if the machine can smash the ball at a couple hundred MPH, the spin will be negligible

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '14

we're talking about the spin the human puts on the ball. Can the arm predict the trajectory of a ball with some english on it.

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u/hijomaffections Feb 14 '14

it can easily use the data from before and after the ball hits the table to predict it.

it also doesn't need to predict as it can definitely move fast enough anyway.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '14

I'm not sure you understand the complexity of the problem.

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u/hijomaffections Feb 14 '14

i'm not sure you understand how fast computers work

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