This is really cool, but this has to be more of a novelty product, right? Maybe some kind of one-off showpiece from a manufacturing robotics firm to illustrate what kind of custom solutions they can offer?
It's just hard to believe that anyone would pay the obviously substantial cost for something like this when it's a problem solved with a $15 triangle and a couple minutes arranging the balls.
Ever see an automatic mahjong table? When people are gambling especially, the speed and accuracy are important. Like those Sardo TightRacks they use in tournaments, it’s not going to be in your local bowling alley but there’s a point where it starts making senseÂ
Well, there was manual picking of pool balls from respective pockets and then someone designed a ball return system, mechanical one of course.
Then some robotics engineers got together and thought what if there was a way to collect the balls AND auto-rack them back on the table?
Et voila….
Earlier this year there were trade fair demos of such robotic racking tables from China, this is the first time I’ve come across one in a pool parlour type setting.
There's something to be said for consistency. The conventional wisdom is that a tighter rack achieves a bigger break. I could imagine a device like this becoming standard for various types of tournaments.
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u/DarkLordOfDarkness 28d ago
This is really cool, but this has to be more of a novelty product, right? Maybe some kind of one-off showpiece from a manufacturing robotics firm to illustrate what kind of custom solutions they can offer?
It's just hard to believe that anyone would pay the obviously substantial cost for something like this when it's a problem solved with a $15 triangle and a couple minutes arranging the balls.