How It Works

HOW A BOWLING ALLEY WORKS

Many sports in which you throw, aim or knock down objects also require you to collect the items and reset the playing zone. But anyone who has tried their hand at indoor bowling will have seen the mechanical efficiency in which a strike is cleaned up and the lane reset. A sophisticated robotic system cycles the pins and sets them up with precision for another game.

Bowling dates back over 5,000 years to the ancient Egyptians, who used stones as balls and various materials for pins. Since then,

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