There aren’t too many sports named for the sound that is produced during the game. Even though it’s properly referred to as “table tennis” by serious practitioners, ping pong is probably the most ...

A smartphone-controlled dinosaur, synchronized cheerleaders and a ping pong-playing spider are some of the robot technology showcased at the CEATEC Japan electronics exhibition. Exhibitors used such ...

There aren’t too many sports named for the sound that is produced during the game. Even though it’s properly referred to as “table tennis” by serious practitioners, ping pong is probably the most ...

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 ...

Healthcare electronics maker Omron is showing off its sensing know-how with a huge ping pong-playing robot, but the robot is still easy to beat—for now. The 2.7-meter-tall, three-legged beast looked ...

Earlier in the year, Kuka Robotics made a big fuss about its ping-pong playing robot facing up against professional player Timo Boll. Sadly, the promised match turned out to be just an advert and the ...

Need a ping pong player that can play without tiring out? You're in luck. Omron Corp. unveiled its three-legged ping pong playing robot that watches its human opponent and continuously serves at the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Yesterday, Google Research unveiled two new projects it’s been ...

If science fiction is to be believed, robots will eventually unseat us as the supreme overlords of our domain. While most people would dismiss such notions as improbable, the paranoid among us may see ...