As the game of baseball becomes more and more competitive, the outcome of a close play becomes more and more important. Modern athletes are performing at increasingly impressive levels, meaning that certain plays seem to happen in a flash - making it difficult for a human to correctly determine the outcome. With TrueBase, our team hopes to eliminate this guesswork at a common close-call situation in baseball: a "bang-bang" play at first base. More specifically, TrueBase assists an umpire in making the correct call of whether a runner was safe or out at first base, depending on when they stepped on the base in relation to when the fielder caught the ball.
Since the issue that we are trying to solve is so unique, the TrueBase team has defined a couple of system specifications. In other words, these specifications below highlight the core functionality of our project, and are what set us apart from any other conventional solutions.
50 millisecond accuracy: precise enough to correctly determine order of event occurence
5+ hour battery life: long enough to last for the duration of an extra-inning game
Meaningful output: the umpires and players should have confidence in our results and agree with the decision
Meet the team!
Altium Lead
Software Lead
Team Coordinator
Budget Management Lead
Faculty Advisor