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Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players

An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing …

Reuters Will Dunham

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    AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players
  • r/technology r on reddit
    AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players; In feat hailed as milestone in robotics, Sony AI's Ace wins three out of five matches played under official rules
  • @bowang87 Bo Wang on x
    New @Nature paper today : Sony's Ace robot beats 3 of 5 elite table tennis players. Loses to professionals. Human players win points with faster-than-average shots (p<0.001 between won vs returned). Ace wins with ordinary shots. Same speed and spin profile whether it wins or [vid…
  • @philfung @philfung on x
    Sony robot is able to beat 3 out of 5 “elite” table tennis players but loses to 2 professional players. Robot has latency of ~20ms vs ~230ms for an elite human player. Nature paper: https://www.nature.com/... Github: https://github.com/... [video]