System for remotely swinging a golf club

A remote golf club swinging system comprising:

• a server configured for communicative coupling to a web server and a computing device;
• a robotic golf club swing fixture comprising at least one servo motor coupled to a controller and at least one data capture apparatus coupled to the controller, each servo motor coupled to a plurality of robotic arms, each of the plurality of robotic arms coupled to a golf club;
• and,
• a golf club swinging module executing in a memory of the server and also coupled to the robotic golf club swing fixture, the golf club swinging module comprising program code enabled to receive from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters including direction and shot shape defining different aspects of a golf club swing in response to the remote operator setting the set of swing parameters in a graphical user interface (GUI) in a web browser on the computing device remotely disposed from the robotic golf club swing fixture, where shot shape indicates a shape of a shot of a golf ball in reference to golf ball flight upon a golf club making contact with the golf ball, to direct the plurality of robotic arms of the robotic golf club swing fixture to swing the coupled golf club resulting in the remote operator remotely causing the robotic golf club swing fixture to swing the coupled golf club according to the set of swing parameters set via the GUI, wherein directing the plurality of robotic arms comprises transforming the received set of swing parameters to a data string, to sense a result of the swinging of the coupled golf club, and to transmit data derived from the sensed result to the remote operator for display in the web browser on the computing device over the computer communications network, wherein the result is a sensed performance of the golf club.

A computer program product for remotely swinging a golf club, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer instructions stored therein for causing a computer processor to perform:
• receiving, by the computer processor coupled to a robotic golf club swing fixture, from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters including direction and shot shape defining different aspects of a golf club swing in response to the remote operator setting the set of swing parameters in a graphical user interface (GUI) in a web browser on a computing device remotely disposed from the robotic golf club swing fixture, where shot shape indicates a shape of a shot of a golf ball in reference to golf ball flight upon a golf club making contact with the golf ball;
• directing, by the computer processor, a plurality of robotic arms of the robotic golf club swing fixture to swing a coupled golf club resulting in the remote operator remotely causing the robotic golf club swing fixture to swing the coupled golf club according to the set of swing parameters set via the GUI, wherein directing the plurality of robotic arms
• comprises transforming, by the computer processor, the received set of swing parameters to a data string;
• sensing, by the computer processor, a result of the swinging of the coupled golf club;
• and,
• transmitting, by the computer processor, data derived from the sensed result to the remote operator for display in the web browser on the computing device over the computer communications network, wherein the result is a sensed performance of the golf club.

A remote golf club testing method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor executing in a memory of a computer and coupled to a robotic golf club swing fixture, from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters including direction and shot shape defining different aspects of a golf club swing in response to the remote operator setting the set of swing parameters in a graphical user interface (GUI) in a web browser on a computing device remotely disposed from the robotic golf club swing fixture, where shot shape indicates a shape of a shot of a golf ball in reference to golf ball flight upon a golf club making contact with the golf ball;
• directing, by the processor, a plurality of robotic arms of the robotic golf club swing fixture to swing a coupled golf club resulting in the remote operator remotely causing the robotic golf club swing fixture to swing the coupled golf club according to the set of swing parameters set via the GUI, wherein directing the plurality of robotic arms comprises transforming, by the processor, the received set of swing parameters to a data string;
• sensing, by the processor, performance of the golf club;
• and,
• transmitting, by the processor, data derived from the sensed performance to the remote operator for display in the web browser on the computing device over the computer communications network, wherein the result is a sensed performance of the golf club.