Researchers at Stanford University have created an innovative humanoid robot called "HumanPlus" that can learn and perform a wide range of tasks by observing human actions. This breakthrough in ...

A new report on a ping pong playing robot was published in the New Scientist on Dec. 10. German researchers at the University of Tübingen used a machine-learning algorithm to teach the robotic arm to ...

As if it weren't enough to have AI tanning humanity's hide (figuratively for now) at every board game in existence, Google AI has got one working to destroy us all at Ping-Pong as well. For now they ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Yesterday, Google Research unveiled two new projects it’s been ...

What can’t robots do these days? As the the engineering society IEEE’s robotics page shows, there’s a robot for everything these days, so why not a robot to play ping pong? Researchers at China’s ...

Guinness World Records has recognized a robot with a unique ability: a machine called FORPHEUS is officially the "first robot table tennis tutor." The contraption, which holds a ping pong paddle and ...

If you were thinking of designing a speech-enabled system, what would that system be? If you were thinking of designing a speech-enabled system, what would that system be? I so wish I’d been able to ...

Practice makes perfect. But for a collaborative sport like ping pong, it’s not always easy to find the perfect partner. Brothers, Alexander and Harrison Chen, solved this problem by building the ...

Healthcare electronics maker Omron is showing off its sensing know-how with a huge ping pong-playing robot, but the robot is still easy to beat—for now. The 2.7-meter-tall, three-legged beast looked ...

I always asked for a ping-pong table each Christmas, but my dad had a pretty good counter-argument: “You’re an only child. Who’s going to play with you?” Sad, but true. Which is why I always got socks ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Find a high-tech ping-pong pal, see an android patient twitch in pain and experience breast feeding, even if you're a man. Sign up here. Showcasing around 1,000 industrial and ...