Table tennis playing robot annihilates elite players with 'impossible move'
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Sony AI has developed a robot capable of taking on some of the world's finest table tennis players, marking what researchers describe as a "landmark moment" for artificial intelligence.The machine, named Ace, has beaten elite human opponents in official matches, a feat its creators believe stands alongside historic AI triumphs such as IBM's Deep Blue defeating chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997 and DeepMind's mastery of Go in 2016.While AI systems have long dominated board games, the physical demands of fast-paced sports had remained beyond their reach.
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Table tennis, with balls travelling above 45 miles per hour and intricate spin patterns, presented an especially formidable challenge.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say To match the speed of professional play, Ace employs a sophisticated vision system comprising 9 high-speed cameras that monitor the ball's position in 3D.Three additional event-based sensors concentrate specifically on detecting spin by tracking surface markings...
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