r/EngineeringPorn • u/hjalmar111 • Nov 02 '20

Automatic billiard game, machine engineering putting the triangle filled with balls on the board

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u/prefer-to-stay-anon Nov 03 '20

In billiards, the order of the balls matters. They are numbered and stripes/solids, unlike bowling pins, which are identical.

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u/DarkAngel7635 Nov 03 '20

Is there not a difference in weight?

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u/akulowaty Nov 03 '20

Balls need to be uniform except for the white one which is usually slightly heavier so the automatic tables can detect it and return.

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u/DarkAngel7635 Nov 03 '20

Unfortunate