Cricket Machine Masters Bowling

BBC News, 6 Oct 2006 A machine that can replicate the spin and swing of bowlers has been developed at a U.K. university. The robotic bowler has been created at Loughborough University as part of a virtual reality project to improve match training for cricket. "Cricketers want to be able to face bowlers like Shane Warne," said project lead Dr Andy West. "The machine is helping us to figure out the science of bowling and the mysteries of spin and swing." Read more