The Tennis Industry Association staged a Tennis Innovation Challenge last month. The competition was meant to identify an innovative product or service within the tennis industry. Judges ended up choosing Tennibot as the winner. Tennibot is just as it sounds — a robotic tennis ball collector that uses multiple sensors and a camera to detects balls.
Ten years ago, Tennibot Founder Haitham Eletrabi fell in love with the sport of tennis. What he didn’t fall in love with was picking up balls after a round practice on the court.
“I think one day I was hitting with a tennis ball machine and after hitting for an hour and a half I was sick of picking up balls,” Eletrabi said.