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 …
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@sonyai_global
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For 40+ years, building a robot that could rally with an elite human table tennis player at full speed was an unsolved problem. Sony AI's Ace research project set out to change that—and the results are now accepted for publication in @Nature and featured on the cover. [image]
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@kyleichan
Kyle Chan
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Incredible. We will watch sport after sport gradually fall to robots.
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@philfung
@philfung
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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.
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@bowang87
Bo Wang
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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 …
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@tansuyegen
@tansuyegen
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AI trained robot defeats an elite ping pong player, reacting in real time and handling fast rallies once dominated by humans 🏓 [video]
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@zunaoya
Naoya Takahashi
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I'm incredibly thrilled to share that our project on competitive robot table tennis, Ace, has been published today on the cover of @Nature
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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