This is E.A.R.L., the Enhanced Automatic Robotic Launcher, used for testing bowling balls and lanes. 1:00 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DP35Us1QsU
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This is E.A.R.L., the Enhanced Automatic Robotic Launcher, used for testing bowling balls and lanes. 1:00 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DP35Us1QsU
The last time I played I think the other team had one of these.
Bowling lane conditioner.
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I love the manufacturer....FLEX / FLEX WALKER LANE MACHINE — KEGEL | Built for Bowling
What is it actually doing to the lane?
I bowled in a league once, the only reason why they kept me was for the handicap points.
Buffing and waxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 12bolts
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When I was 12 I lied about my age and I became a pinsetter. It was a crappy job, especially when there were mean drunks on league nights who could throw a ball hard enough to make the pins fly up around the seatboard!
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Really good case for automation! Brings back a lot of memories - noisy, monotonous, hot and sometimes dangerous...
Throbot. 2:25 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9Cs5GxeRg
that throbot is a lot better bowler than I ever was .
Best one yet! If I were a bowling robot, this is the one I would be.
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Yeah it bowls good but will it buy a pitcher when its' turn comes around?
Good point. But this guy might:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQPEzhe9FJU
I am a straight line bowler hard as I can but I cant pitch it that damn hard
I hear ya I'd hate to be in the pin setting area when that ball came blasting through.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrickieDickie
Even the automatic pin setters require tending to periodically
Wow, it's got that Fred Flintstone wind-up!
It was hard to find a team shirt to disguise it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moby Duck