A new golf-swing robot model emulating golfer’s skill

  1. Suzuki1,
  2. Inooka2

Article first published online: 5 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2687.1999.00013.x

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Sports Engineering

Sports Engineering

Volume 2, Issue 1, pages 13–22, February 1999

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Suzuki and Inooka (1999), A new golf-swing robot model emulating golfer’s skill. Sports Engineering, 2: 13–22. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-2687.1999.00013.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, 090-8507, Japan,

  2. 2

    Department of System Information Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan

* Suzuki Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koen-cho, Kitami, Hokkaido, 090-8507, Japan. Tel.: +81 157 26 9220. Fax: +81 157 23 9375. E-mail: zuki@systl.mech.kitami-it.ac.jp

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  1. Issue published online: 5 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 5 JAN 2002

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Keywords:

  • golf-swing robot;
  • golfer’s skill;
  • interference drive;
  • release of wrist;
  • shaft elasticity;
  • torque planning

Conventional golf-swing robots are generally used to evaluate the performance of golf clubs and balls. Most of the robots have two or three joints with completely interrelated motion. This interrelation only allows the user of the robot to specify the initial posture and swing velocity, and therefore the subtle adjustments in swing motion that advanced golfers make according to the characteristics of individual golf clubs are not possible. Consequently, golf-swing robots cannot accurately emulate the performance of advanced golfers, which is a problem for the evaluation of golf club performance. In this study, a new golf-swing robot that can adjust its motion to both a specified value of swing velocity and the specific characteristics of individual golf clubs was analytically investigated. This robot utilizes the dynamic interference force produced by swing motion and shaft vibration like advanced golfers. Thus, this new robot can emulate the performance of advanced golfers and can therefore be used for accurate evaluation of golf clubs.

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