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Originally Posted by Rain Man
To help clarify assumptions, let's set the following ground rules:
1. The machine uses current technology.
2. The machine swings a club at the ball.
3. The machine is mobile and can ambulate to the ball at any point on the course.
4. All equipment is current golf technology. Current clubs, current ball, current tee. The machine also sports a natty pair of plaid pants.
5. The machine has no human assistance once turned on. However, it can include any sensors that are currently available - optics, radar, weather, etc.
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What does the robot do if the ball rolls into high and difficult grass - or a pot bunker? That's entirely possible even with the best shot. That's where the human brain does thousands of calculations for the next best shot. Are all scenarios for every situation programmed?
If the robot is in a pot bunker the best shot may be backwards. Is the robot's software so refined to make that judgement? On every single pot bunker in the world... or heck, on a course that has 200 pot bunkers?