PROBYTE AUTO ROBOT
Automatic speed profile servo
for horce races
Speed servo
Position servo
Cruiser control
In this picture world fastest horse "Varenne" makes a new world record
2002
Auto Robot controler and printer in Turku Hippos start
car
A superled display and alarm lights on top of start
car in Horse races
A Probyte Auto
Robot is a start car controller for horse
races.
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The Auto Robot starts the car at right moment
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It displays seconds to start with a big led display.
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The SUPERLED- display has 300 mm numbers to front and back
on the top of the start car
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The referee can stop the race and the alarm light start blinking
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Speed profile is selected according the start. The local
horses has a low profile and race horses has a high profile determined
by Suomen Hippos ( the Central Organization of Horse Races in Finland)
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The robot controls the motor directly without drivers help.
A speed is displayed in big led display
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After the start line the car accelerate fast off the track
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The speed profile is receded and printed on the paper with
the local printer
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A driver can set 10 speed /distancc points. which are used
as a intrepolation values for actul spreed control
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A driver can select 8 diffrent sets of speed profiles (depending
of horses)
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A driver can calibrate a speed sensor
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During the race a distance, a real speed, a set speed, time,
a clock and a calender is shown in LCD display
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A datalogger records the race to eeprom memory and
this can printed later.
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A driver can use automatic or semiautomatic mode
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A real time clock and automatic competition counter helps
a driver.
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A driver has only to push one button
during the whole race.
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A optional radiosignal from tower of the jurys can start
the car and get a speed information back to TV picture.
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A speed servo part can used also in boat remote control or
as a normal Cruiser Control.
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Manufatured snd designed by Probyte, Tampere, Finland
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An Auto Robot in Turku Hippos race track
More information
15.4.2003 Article
in Turun Sanomat ( Daily in Turku, Finland) . Read the PDF document
linkistä
9.4.2003 Article in Hevosurheilulehti
( Horse Sports in Finland) page 2
5.8.2003 A new Probyte autorobot first time in Teivo Horce
Race.
A local specialist at Teivo,
Janne Rintakoski, can tell more.
Probyte
Oy
Nirvankatu 31
33820 Tampere
Finland
Phone 358-3-2661885
Email