Updated Sensing Demonstration

Hey everyone! Team Foosbot is back to give a detailed explanation of the ball-tracking method. In the attached video, Bryan shows how the ball will be "seen" by the sensors and sensing method. The original video I posted explained the sensing method and how it will work on a circuit level. Bryan's explanation includes a terminal output that displays the position of the ball as it moves across the table in real-time as an addition to the video I produced. Enjoy!

Doesn't Bryan look so snazzy!?

Get the credits rolling!

With the coming of donated components and cash support, Team Foosbot would like to take the opportunity to thank our sponsors and affiliates through this post and by making a dedicated page on our blog for them. Once the project is completely assembled, videos of the functioning components will be added to said page. For now, it's fitting to show a list of sponsors and affiliates with descriptions of their contributions and a link to their respective home on the internet.

Companies that donated hardware components:

For the donation of linear actuators for use with the
CoolMuscle motors to move foosmen across the table.
http://www.macrondynamics.com/

For the donation of the CoolMuscle motors to move the foosmen
laterally across the table. http://www.myostat.ca/

 Cash donations came from:

For being an independent sponsor/supporter and financial donor.
http://www.rovisys.com/

For being an independent sponsor/supporter and financial donor.
http://3rdgroup.ae/

In affiliation with:

For providing an excellent education experience
throughout the undergraduate level of an ABET-
accredited Electrical Engineering program.
http://www.uakron.edu/engineering/ECE/

Video of Foosbot's Functioning Eyes!

Just posted an HD video on YouTube to show how Foosbot will track the ball using a grid of infrared phototransistors and LEDs. The video also serves as a proof of concept for the multiplexer addressing scheme - to change which LED/PT pairs are activated based on a 4-bit address change. Enjoy!