Abstract: A ball pitching device including a launching surface for receiving balls, the launching surface being configured to receive and hold a ball in the launching position prior to the ball being launched, a launching system including at least one impulse mechanism configured to impact the ball in the launching position, and one or more control components configured to control at least one of a pitch power and a pitch trajectory of the ball launched from the launching position.

Abstract: A method can include generating equipment specifications for a facility project at a field site by simulating physical phenomena using one or more computational simulators; using the equipment specifications and a computational facility planner system, generating a work breakdown structure for the facility project, where the work breakdown structure represents activities to be performed to deliver a defined scope of the facility project within a defined time; rendering a graphical user interface to a display that includes graphical controls for dependencies of the activities and equipment characterized by the equipment specifications; responsive to input received via one or more of the graphical controls, automatically updating at least durations of the activities; and, based at least in part on the updating, generating an optimal scenario for the facility project.