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Automatic Bullseye, MOVING Dartboard

Mark Rober · demo · Watch on YouTube

Mechanical & precision engineeringRobotics

What it is

Mark Rober shows an automatic bullseye dartboard that tracks a thrown dart with motion capture and moves in real time so it always hits the center. He spent over three years on the project.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN calls it a great, impressive engineering project involving real-time trajectory calculation.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Another great video is his automatic bulls eye dartboard [2].”

    Mark Rober's automatic bullseye dartboard.

    jonathanfoster, 2017-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Carnival scam science, and how to win [video]”

  2. “even more impressive than this glitter machine IMHO”

    Dartboard project calculating projectile trajectory in realtime.

    anonu, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: darts, motion capture, mark rober, real-time control, trajectory

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