MEAM.Design - MEAM 410/510 - L5 (Golf)


Pick a partner

  • This lab is to be done in pairs, so find someone to work with!



Objective

  • Your golfer will be placed between 40 and 90 centimeters away from a 940-nm LED located 9.2 centimeters above the ground (and shining toward your golfer).
  • The objective is to propel a regulation golf ball to hit the target.



Constraints

  • Your golfer must be less than 20-cm in diameter.
  • The bottom of the ball must be no more than 0.5 centimeter above the ground at any time.
  • Your golfer must be self contained.



Supplies



Scoring

  • You will have four attempts.
  • In each attempt, your golfer will be placed at an unknown distance from the illuminated target.
  • You will be allowed to press a single button or move a binary switch, after which time your golfer should attempt to hit the target with the ball.
  • A direct hit will count as 50 points. If you miss the target, you will receive (40 - cm_from_target) points based upon where the ball comes to rest.
  • Note that your score will only have a loose bearing on your grade for the project, which will be separately evaluated for the ability to meet the pedagogical objectives.