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Sony's Ace AI Beats Elite Table Tennis Athletes
10 May
Summary
- An AI robot named Ace has defeated three out of five elite human table tennis players.
- Ace utilizes an eight-jointed arm and multiple cameras for advanced ball tracking.
- The robot's success suggests AI techniques may apply to manufacturing and service robotics.
A groundbreaking AI robot named Ace, developed by Sony AI Inc., has achieved a significant milestone by defeating skilled human table tennis players. The robot demonstrated impressive performance, including handling spinning balls and reacting to net-bound shots. Ace successfully competed against five elite players with over 10 years of experience, winning against three of them.
While Ace lost to two active professional players in best-of-five games, it managed to win one game in each match. The robot employs an eight-jointed arm and multiple cameras to track the ball's high-speed movements, with its actions controlled by sophisticated AI. This achievement marks a key step in robotics, suggesting that similar AI techniques could be applied to other interactive physical activities, including manufacturing and service robotics.
