Development of high performance upper rim type pitching machine with flexible multi-fingered hand

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01555
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: SAKAI SHINOBU 金沢大学, 機械工学系, 助教 (80196039)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 坂本 二郎 金沢大学, 新学術創成研究機構, 教授 (20205769)
• Research Collaborator: KAKUDA Kousuke ; SAIKI Hirotaka ; YASUTOMI Daisuke
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: スポーツ用具 / 野球 / ソフトボール / 投球機 / ハンド

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed an improved arm type pitching machine for baseball and a windmill type pitching machine for softball that can reproduce the pitching motion of a real pitcher. The improved arm type baseball pitching machine can arbitrarily control the ball speed and spin rate by adjusting the opening and closing time of the hand.
On the other hand, the softball machine is a practical machine which can be windmill pitch same as real pitcher. The machine is also variable ball speed and high pitching accuracy.

Free Research Field

スポーツ科学