AI robot can beat human table tennis pros
Digest more
Sony’s AI robot Ace defeated top table tennis players in a milestone that could reshape the future of robotics and sports tech.
A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t
The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing faster than any person in history.
Developers showed off the fast-improving robots and their autonomous navigation skills, highlighting the sector's rapid technical advances.
Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel course to avoid collisions with human athletes.
Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in Beijing