RCVLab

[Foogayzee]

Can someone please convince me that an automatic pool playing machine has any significance to us at all.

[BeCoolplayPool]

I want one of those !!

[2008Vanna]

At least you don't have buy it a pitcher of beer when you lose!

[ProdigyKimXP]

I wanna see some jump masse shots next lol. I think you guys already programmed it to compensate for cue ball deflection and swerve. Truly an amazing piece of work, but seriously. I wanna see some masse shots.

[ryanwilliammac]

so to become a pro snooker player, you will need rich parents

[VitaminTMan]

What ever... I don't want the robot to play my game of pool! I want it to pour my beer and service my manhood! ...I was born a couple centuries too early apparently.

[youl4d]

pretty crazy! impressive work. what kind of thesis is this for? Just out of curiosity... looks like it needed an extreme amount of work and probably costly.

[zenzetra]

Amazing! Around 2:49 the machine predicts the reaction between two colliding balls even after they've been put into play.

[PlanetofChaos]

lol... of course this would be at Queen's University

[Rumpteet]

Omg Hax

[moniker127]

This is like that episode of quantum leap where Al helps Sam win the pool match by showing the angles with his hand held gizmo dealio.

[patrickdickesonsmith]

I wanna have a game against that cocky robot sooooo bad!

[yhmbcaulp]

so migic

[LoogyHead]

The pool playing robot is meh, as its a single purpose robot.

Augmented Reality pool, on the other hand, is very cool for Pool training.

[AlexKing666]

I'm pretty sure this is a form of cheating...

[hiperateo]

great job! keep it up!

[FreshAirFlicks]

You know. If you went to a real pool hall, you might meet girls.

[sarper128]

Fact.

[estvnsal]

you just jealous your not smart as these people

[93hamsal]

You know. if you went to a real college, you might be educated.

[DILLIGAFFUM]

at a pool hall? hot girls do not go to pool halls...

[lastmiles]

I don't think that this takes into consideration the spin of the cue ball, transfer and conservation of angular momentum at the cushions nor the surface characteristics of the cloth which are not linear. All in all a nice bit of work. With some more time and some more variables you could get a decent game of pool out of it. Perhaps.

[manodio76]

0:40, deep green sure has the spin...

BY THE WAY, GOOD PLAYERS AREN´T BAD LOOSERS.

[Omali668]

right around the 40 second mark, the machine uses english to get a second ball in

[lastmiles]

I'm fascinated by the tribology variables here. The mechanics yes, but also the interaction of the surfaces and the transfer of energy between them. I wonder if it is better to forget any deterministic model that will predict where the cue will go with any given input and just calibrate many diff shots and then collect data to form a shot table of results. Then pick a result from that table when needed. Temperature and humidity must be a factor also for the table surface. Fascinating!

[airjordan345]

this is a sweet video, much better with out the annoying music haha