Sony's Ace Ping-Pong Robot Starts Beating Elite Players
TL;DR
Sony's AI-driven ping-pong robot Ace uses eight joints and a nine-camera vision system to track ball spin and trajectory, and in 2025 beat some elite players while losing to pros; Reuters later reported it defeated pro players, signaling a milestone for robots competing in ITTF-rule table tennis.
- Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players The Verge
- Outplaying elite table tennis players with an autonomous robot Nature
- AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players The Guardian
- A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines AP News
- Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level human players Reuters
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