Air Hockey Robot

A Robotic Competitor

For my MSc project, I worked in a team with two fellow students to design and build a robot to play air hockey against human players.

The robot would need to be able to track the puck on the board and move a striker quickly to compete.

My task was to design and build the control systems for the robot and find suitable motors. I used the ODrive high-power motor controller. I programmed the system with python and used inverse kinematics to control a custom 2-axis robot holding a striker on the table.

Movement Test Video: https://youtu.be/FMfA2rppepk