How was the Solus robot test conducted?
Without stringent (and appropriate) test controls, a golf club designer and/or robot operator can make a robot test yield just about any results they desire. Solus contracted with the leading independent laboratory in golf (Golf Laboratories in San Diego, CA) to conduct a performance evaluation of our prototype for the Solus wedges against the industry sales leaders Cleveland TA900 and Titleist/Vokey 256-14 wedges. The launch control parameters for the robot were established to optimize the performance of the Cleveland wedge initially and then held constant for all testing thereafter – including the Vokey wedge and the Solus prototype. Statistically valid sample sizes of center hit shots and off-center shots were hit for all three test clubs – continuing to hold these machine controls constant. The results of distance and direction for every shot were measured to the nearest foot and then charted graphically to establish a “shot dispersion pattern” for each club. Those shot dispersion
