The Design and Construction of Automatic Soccer Ball Launcher for Training Controlled by Microcontroller
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This paper presents the design and construction of a soccer ball launcher based on the fundamental theory of projectile motion. Football is one of the best known, most popular and most widespread sports in the world. The machine uses the modern technology to solve the problem of non-standard training. Soccer is a sport that requires training aids to provide a consistent training, however these aids are quite expensive, making them very budget intensive. Therefore, this research invented a soccer ball launcher for training that is not very expensive. There are different systems inside the machine, each of which can function differently such as a speed control system that can adjust the speed in 5 levels, the shooting angle adjustment system that can be adjusted from 15 to 55 degrees and the ball transport system that used for transporting the ball to the shooting motor. All controls on the shooting of the ball are operated via a microcontroller. This research is an example of the invention of sport assistive devices by applying the knowledge of electrical engineering in football. From the tests, it was found that the maximum average speed, at the shooting angle of 30 degrees is approximately 32.05 kilometers per hour and the maximum average distance, at the shooting angle of 55 degrees is approximately 14.88 meters. From this result, it makes facilitate comfortable to train and also greatly increase the potential and skills in playing football for the trainees as well.
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