Shane Wighton built a robotic basketball hoop back in May that had some glaring issues, with the main one being that it was easy to miss by intentionally missing the backboard. So, he spent weeks building a second version developing yet another basketball hoop that makes your shot go in even if you totally miss the hoop. To make this possible, ehe had to transform an entire wall of his basement into a large CNC machine.
Since the wall is basically a CNC machine, the backboard and hoop were then attached to a carriage that rides on a pair of vertical carbon fiber rods, which in turn ride on horizontal rails constructed from aluminum extrusion. Since the board is now on a pivot, it’s capable of tilting up and down, thus making it possible to position this piece anywhere on the wall, all the while tilting its angle as necessary. He then mounted a Microsoft Kinect sensor onto the ceiling to track the ball to ensure the backboard knows where to go to catch it.
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