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A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that ...

Sony AI's Ace isn't a humanoid or a full machine — it's a single robotic arm. Yet in competitive matches against seven ...

Tennibot launches Partner V2, an AI-powered tennis robot bringing physical AI and adaptive training to the court.

Most tennis ball machines are glorified pitching devices: they send balls over the net, but they don’t feel anything like playing against a real opponent. That’s why the Acemate Tennis Robot, which ...

Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Acemate can be set to function as a traditional ball machine, simply shooting balls out to players at regular intervals. In this mode it can be ...

A humanoid robot standing approximately 127 cm (about 4 ft 2 in) tall and built in China can now rally a tennis ball back and forth with a human partner, returning forehand shots at a 90.90% success ...

A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record. Around the same time, an AI-powered robot defeated an elite human player in ...

A table tennis robot built by Sony is seen in Tokyo, Dec. 2025. (Sony AI via AP) A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players ...