New footage shows Google's ping pong robot pulling off an epic 340-shot rally with a human. The advanced robotic arm is seen effortlessly sliding along its side of the ping pong table as it returns ...

If you're still unsure if robots really are taking over, CES 2018 serves as a good reminder that our future is both robot-flled and mildly terrifying. But if our future really is a robot dystopia, at ...

Photo: Buddy the companion robot by Blue Frog Robotics is seen on display during the CES Unveiled preview event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during CES 2018 in Las Vegas. AFP The robot called ...

With all the recent talk of AI posing existential risks to humanity and our privacy, Japanese company Omron is taking a softer, more innocuous approach. Specifically, with its table tennis robot ...

MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns shots with high-speed precision. The new table tennis bot includes a multijointed robotic ...

Google’s DeepMind has shown off an AI-powered robot that can beat the average player at a game of table tennis. According to an announcement by the company on X-formerly-Twitter, “it’s the first agent ...

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 ...

‘Omron’s sensors collect data about the player’s facial expressions and physical movements. ‘Net advance control technology enables the robotic arms to accurately return the volley.’ The AI is also ...

One day, robots will be our masters and we’ll probably all just be barely alive severed heads that they use as their footballs. That horrifying day just came a little bit closer with the arrival of a ...

A Japanese tech firm has created the perfect ping pong player – a robot that analyses the trajectory and velocity of the ball. The robot is designed to keep rallies going rather than defeat opponents.