Haptic Paddle Ball

This was project was for ME 327: Design and Control of Haptic Systems under Professor Allison Okamura. Haptic Paddle Ball is a 1-DOF handheld, haptic device that adds a haptic twist to the traditional paddle ball game, where a ball is attached to an elastic string and is connected to a wooden paddle. Haptic Paddle Ball was built to teach students about the effects of changing slack length, damping and spring constants on ball bouncing dynamics and kinematics. Check out how it works here. Learn more about the project here.