Golf driving ranges can amass 35,000 golf balls a week. This requires cleanup by an employee while the range is active. This process requires a lot of time and money due to current machines and processes. This paper contains a proof-of-concept solution which involves the design, construction, and demonstration of an autonomous robotic system, the purpose of which is to identify and retrieve a predetermined object in a cost efficient manner. The process of identifying this object will be implemented using image processing, and the act of retrieving the object will be performed by a one-degree-of-freedom manipulator arm. Thisproof-of-concept would also be well suited to a military application.
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