A service robot from DLR - German Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics has been given the ability to catch balls completely autonomously using only on-board sensing and tracking.

This version went the optical feedback route, using a camera mounted under the platform to track the ball using OpenCV on a Windows machine.

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