TABLE TENNIS BALL SERVICE DEVICE

摘要

A portable, automatic serving device for table tennis is provided which includes a robot server (1) and ball capture net. The robot (1) includes a serving head (3) which is mounted for rotation with respect to the body (5) along a plurality of axes. The head (3) is provided with balls from a passageway in the robot (1) operatively connected between the head (3) and the base (10) of the robot (1). A collapsible net is provided for capturing balls returned by a player. The robot (1) is positioned within and cooperates with the net so that return balls are fed automatically to the head (3). The robot (1) is operated by three motors, which may be controlled individually to serve sequentially a plurality of balls to a player for practice or for sport. The robot construction (1) provides for a variety of ball delivery techniques, all of which are controlled simply during operation.