Development Of Smart Table Tennis Trainer Controlled By Using Android Application

Maheswaren, Arun (2017) Development Of Smart Table Tennis Trainer Controlled By Using Android Application. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In this 20th century,sports are one of the largest entertainment among the peoples around the world.However, in the world,the second most popular participating sport is the ping pong and also known as table tennis.At the same time,ping pong is also in the world next to soccer with over 10 million players compete in sanctioned tournament each year.Until today,there are around 300 million of table tennis players throughout the world and up to 218 table tennis associations from all around the world formed under International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).This statement shows that table tennis sport is becoming popular around the globe.Hence exist of table tennis trainer robot to enhance the player practicing method.However,due to uneconomic product in the current market,there is a need or demand of designed an affordable and automated table tennis shooting equipment, namely ‘a-BAT’.a-BAT is a table tennis ball launcher which targets to improve and enhance table tennis player practice method to be more effective by programmable speed,spinning,and direction of the ball.The Arduino UNO board serves as main controller of the system to control two DC motors,a stepper motor and a pair of the servo motor to adjust the speed,spin and direction of the ball. By controlling the speed of the DC motor and angle of the servo motor,various types of drills can be generated and different type of drill mode can be selected by user for training.In conclusion,Table Tennis Trainer can enhance user table tennis skill by providing precise and accurate of ball shooting location.

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