Badminton shuttlecock launcher uses compressed air applied to inside of shuttlecocks to lunch them at controlled rate, velocity and direction

摘要

The shuttlecock launcher consists of an air compressor with a tank, a programmable cell that controls launch rate, velocity and direction, a launch barrel, loader and funnel to receive the shuttlecocks as they are collected. The compressed air tank is connected to the launch barrel by a number of flexible tubes with electronic valves controlled by the programmable cell.