MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns shots with high-speed precision. The new table tennis bot includes a multijointed robotic ...

I tend to approach robot videos with a mild air of defeat and scepticism, in no small part because a lot of hype has been generated over what has turned out to be just choreographed movements in the ...

(Reuters) – An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing against and sometimes defeating top-level human players at table tennis, ...

A table tennis robot built by Sony maneuvers to hit the ball back to human opponent Akito Saeki during a match in Tokyo. (Sony AI via AP) A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record ...

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What can’t robots do these days? As the the engineering society IEEE’s robotics page shows, there’s a robot for everything these days, so why not a robot to play ping pong? Researchers at China’s ...

Sony AI has built a robot that can beat elite ping-pong players, and the way it wins is probably the most interesting part of the whole thing. The robot, called Ace, competed against elite amateur and ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – For someone who lost a season to a nagging elbow injury that needed surgery, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra understandably welcomed the postponement of the Tokyo ...

If you’ve ever found yourself without a partner for a game of pingpong, you might be excited to hear that technology has come to the rescue. Imagine having a robot that can rally with you, challenge ...

Ping-pong seems to be the sport of choice when it comes to tech firms showcasing their robotic wares. Japanese firm Omron, for example, made headlines several years ago with its ping-pong robot that ...

Time lapse photos show a new ping-pong-playing robot performing a top spin. The robot quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the ...