{"id":6342,"date":"2026-02-19T00:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:54:43","slug":"the-use-of-technology-and-ai-in-curling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2026\/02\/19\/the-use-of-technology-and-ai-in-curling\/","title":{"rendered":"The use of technology and AI in curling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6342\" class=\"elementor elementor-6342\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c476e7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c476e7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79500db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79500db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f009bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f009bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The header image for this post is a photograph of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/randyparklightguide\/?originalSubdomain=ca\">Randy Park<\/a>, a practicing engineer from Hamilton, and Randy&#8217;s portable rock-throwing robot, called SweepTracker, which he constructed himself in order to conduct research on the forces involved in curling and, more specifically, the changes to those forces when a stone was brushed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eedf5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7eedf5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RandyPark.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6343\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RandyPark.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RandyPark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RandyPark-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ca901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99ca901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/olympics-curling-robot-ai\">IEEE Spectrum article<\/a> by freelance journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliedolgin.com\/\">Elie Dolgin<\/a>, Elie takes a look at some of the technologies now being used in the sport of curling. 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