“Over the past several years, robot scientists have been combining advancements in robot design with artificial intelligence, resulting in the development of robots with ever increasing abilities. In this new effort, the research team has developed an AI-based ping-pong player with the highest performance level ever for a robot…

The researchers conducted 29 matches involving humans with highly variable skill sets. The robot could easily beat all the beginner-level humans but none of those with a high level of skill. It won just over half of its matches against intermediate players.

During testing, the research team discovered weaknesses in the robot’s game—slow reactions to fast and/or high balls, reading spin and hitting backhand shots—that they will seek to fix.”

From TechXplore.