At CES 2026, Singapore-based company Sharpa has redefined general-purpose robotics with the debut of ...

I tend to approach robot videos with a mild air of defeat and scepticism, in no small part because a lot of hype has been generated over what has turned out to be just choreographed movements in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Yesterday, Google Research unveiled two new projects it’s been ...

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 ...

There were dozens of robots at CES, and many of them were the kinds with human features -- faces, arms, legs and even personalities. Some of them, such as a giant machine that can play table tennis ...

Rachel Williams has a master plan for staying healthy and spry at 89 that revolves around a ping-pong-playing robot. She bought the Zxmoto ping pong machine for $200 in 2020 to help maintain her ...

Tokyo is hosting the World Robot Summit this week and it's packed with the usual assortment of the practical, the weird, and the entertaining. When it comes to factory robots, Japan is king. More than ...