Author Topic: sensor to detect white cue ball from rest of colored balls (Read 3938 times)

mr8ball · « **on:** July 05, 2008, 01:25:07 PM »

Can anyone help me what I need is a sensor to detect the difference between a cue ball from the rest of the balls in a set of billiard balls. The sensor needs to actuate a lever that will instantiously throw the cue ball to the side.
You can email me at [email protected] if you have any information as to how this can be done.

Steve Joblin · « **Reply #1 on:** July 05, 2008, 05:59:53 PM »

looks like a job for vision processing... check out the free system at www.RoboRealm.com

Cotowar · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2008, 11:34:24 PM »

you might also look into sonar seeing as a cue ball is slightly larger than all the others. a sensitive enough system might be able to pick up the difference.

just a thought.

airman00 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2008, 10:30:35 AM »

Quote from: Steve Joblin on July 05, 2008, 05:59:53 PM

looks like a job for vision processing... check out the free system at www.RoboRealm.com

definitely

Roborealm is for computers , but if you want it to be only microcontroller based look at AVRcam , CMUcam, and Blackfin camera boards.

what is your experience?

krich · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2008, 12:25:52 PM »

It might be easier than you think.

Take a look at this.

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