Japanese electronics giant Sony built the robotic arm it calls Ace and pitted it against professional athletes. Ace proved a worthy adversary, though one with some non-human attributes: nine camera ...

A robotic arm built by Sony AI stood at one end of an Olympic-sized table tennis court inside the company’s headquarters, paddle in grip, and proceeded to beat elite human players in three out of five ...

Flying under the radar of robot hype, Sony AI's Ace has shown off its rapid-speed learning abilities that are seriously ...

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

A research team led by Sony AI developed an artificial intelligence-based robot capable of bringing its A-game to table tennis, besting some top-tier players.

A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as "a longstanding milestone for AI".

But now, a new AI-driven robot built by Sony, named Ace, has officially defeated elite human table tennis players. Look beyond the publicity stunt, for this is a radical shift. Machines are finally ...

On top of that, spin introduces enormous complexity. A ball rotating at extreme speeds can curve mid-air and rebound ...

A robot built by Sony AI is rapidly learning how to beat the world's very best table tennis players ...