Sony’s table tennis robot looks like a lab flex with a paddle. The real story starts when AI stops answering prompts and learns to move through our world.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

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

Sony’s Ace robot beat elite table tennis players but struggled against pros, later improving enough to beat three of four new ...

Sony AI's table tennis robot, Ace. (Sony AI) Table tennis is one of the most skill-intensive sports on the planet – and engineers have now built a robot capable of besting some of the world's top ...

A table tennis robot has outperformed elite players in recent evaluations. The robot, called Ace, marks a significant step ...

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 that shows how advances in ...

Ace, an autonomous robot powered by AI, cutting-edge sensors and an extremely dexterous arm with eight joints, has played competition-rule table tennis and beaten elite human competitors. The robot is ...

A robot built by Sony has defeated elite human table tennis players in a breakthrough that researchers say could signal a new era for artificial intelligence and robotics in fast-paced physical tasks.

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 ...

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 ...