Bowling Game

This is an example of use of simscape multibody with spatial contacts force block.

This example demonstrate the use of spatial contact force block on the simscape multibody environment.

When running the *prj file, it will populate the workspace with the necessary values. You can play with ball variables by changing the paramenters below on the file "BowlingParameters.m"

ball_initial_speed = 8; % in m/s, initial ball speed

ball_height_init = 50; % in cm, height the ball is dropped.

% 0 means ball in contact with the lane

ball_Y_pos = 0; % in cm, lateral displacement where the ball is shooted.

% 0 mean the middle of the lane. Range -100 to 100

ball_init_pos = 500; %in cm, its the initial position on the lane.

Several improvements can be made like change the pins design for a more representative one, improve colouring, but the point of this example is to show how to use the spatial contact force block.