Sony’s AI robot Ace defeated top table tennis players in a milestone that could reshape the future of robotics and sports ...

By Will Dunham April 22 (Reuters) - An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and ...

But while it is tempting to frame this as robots versus humans, sport robotics isn’t really about competition. It’s about how ...

On the heels of an AI-powered humanoid robot setting the world record in the half-marathon, a study reveals that AI robots ...

A table tennis robot has outperformed elite players in recent evaluations. The robot, called Ace, marks a significant step ...

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

Sony AI’s Ace robot can now compete with and sometimes beat elite table tennis players, a milestone for real-world robotics ...

Mayuka Taira, a professional table tennis player, lost to a robot called Ace in December 2025 and described the experience: ...

Ace – that’s the name of an autonomous robot ping-pong player. This week, it played a historic match against a top-level ...

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

Sony AI’s table tennis robot, Ace, has become the first to beat nationally ranked human players under official competition rules, according to a peer-reviewed Nature study. The system combines ...

Table tennis robot 'Ace' competes against a professional ping pong player during project tests, in footage shared by Japanese tech group Sony. The robot uses a network of cameras and AI to perform ...