http://researchstories.asu.edu/taxonomy/term/166 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://researchstories.asu.edu/2008/07/how_to_build_a_better_ballplay.html <p>So you want to build a better baseball player. How do you proceed? Maybe you'd combine the hitting eye of Alex Rodriguez with the fielding range of Derek Jeter. ASU robotics expert Tom Sugar is building a better ballplayer with a four-wheel drive transmission and a camera with a zoom lens. <em>--by Skip Derra</em></p><p><a href="http://researchstories.asu.edu/2008/07/how_to_build_a_better_ballplay.html">read more</a></p> http://researchstories.asu.edu/2008/07/how_to_build_a_better_ballplay.html#comments Michael McBeath Polytechnic campus Research Magazine Skip Derra Spring/summer 2008 Tempe campus Thomas Sugar Psychology Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Social Sciences Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:16:57 -0600 pkrecker 797 at http://researchstories.asu.edu http://researchstories.asu.edu/2008/04/perception_robots_and_baseball.html <p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://researchstories.asu.edu/files/images/catchbotsm2.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-_original " width="100" height="100" /></span>Major league baseball players like Derek Jeter make actions like catching a fly ball look effortless. But if you want to understand the complexity underlying these moves, try teaching them to a robot. By combining expertise in engineering and psychology, ASU researchers have created Catchbot, a baseball-playing robot. In the process, they have learned a lot about how people perceive and respond to a moving target. <em>--by Skip Derra</em></p><div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="http://researchstories.asu.edu/2008/04/perception_robots_and_baseball.html">read more</a></p> http://researchstories.asu.edu/2008/04/perception_robots_and_baseball.html#comments Michael McBeath Polytechnic campus Research Magazine Skip Derra Spring/summer 2008 Tempe campus Thomas Sugar Psychology Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Social Sciences Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:48:06 -0600 pkrecker 824 at http://researchstories.asu.edu