Project number
25048
Organization
Raytheon Technologies
Offering
ENGR498-F2024-S2025
Need:
Golf robot capable of understanding a dynamic outdoor environment, determining an optimal solution, and beating a human at golf.
Scope:
Create a golf robot capable of reliably getting the ball in the cup with no more than two putts from anywhere on the green on a real-world golf course.
Requirements
• Get the ball in the cup in two putts from anywhere on a regulation green
o Potentially challenge a member of the U of A golf team to a putting competition
• Robot must function in an outdoor environment – operate in normal golf conditions
• Capable of assessing each shot – locate cup, determine break – and execute the optimal solution
• Understand present human kinesthetics when putting
o What is the optimal solution as a human?
o How can a robot improve on this approach?
• Open-source design – share the engineering design process with all
Golf robot capable of understanding a dynamic outdoor environment, determining an optimal solution, and beating a human at golf.
Scope:
Create a golf robot capable of reliably getting the ball in the cup with no more than two putts from anywhere on the green on a real-world golf course.
Requirements
• Get the ball in the cup in two putts from anywhere on a regulation green
o Potentially challenge a member of the U of A golf team to a putting competition
• Robot must function in an outdoor environment – operate in normal golf conditions
• Capable of assessing each shot – locate cup, determine break – and execute the optimal solution
• Understand present human kinesthetics when putting
o What is the optimal solution as a human?
o How can a robot improve on this approach?
• Open-source design – share the engineering design process with all